Definition of dry

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Dry (superl.) Of persons: Thirsty; needing drink.

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Smoke-dry :: Smoke-dry (v. t.) To dry by or in smoke.
Pint :: Pint (n.) A measure of capacity, equal to half a quart, or four gills, -- used in liquid and dry measures. See Quart..
Juiceless :: Juiceless (a.) Lacking juice; dry.
Dry :: Dry (superl.) Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or hard; hence, sharp; keen; shrewd; quaint; as, a dry tone or manner; dry wit..
Dry :: Dry (superl.) Of animals: Not giving milk; as, the cow is dry..
Exsiccate :: Exsiccate (v. t.) To exhaust or evaporate moisture from; to dry up.
Nettle :: Nettle (n.) A plant of the genus Urtica, covered with minute sharp hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation. Urtica gracitis is common in the Northern, and U. chamaedryoides in the Southern, United States. the common European species, U. urens and U. dioica, are also found in the Eastern united States. U. pilulifera is the Roman nettle of England..
Arefaction :: Arefaction (n.) The act of drying, or the state of growing dry..
Bushel :: Bushel (n.) A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts..
Unliquored :: Unliquored (a.) Not moistened or wet with liquor; dry.
Chaffy :: Chaffy (a.) Bearing or covered with dry scales, as the under surface of certain ferns, or the disk of some composite flowers..
Moist :: Moist (a.) Moderately wet; damp; humid; not dry; as, a moist atmosphere or air..
Offset :: Offset (n.) A more or less distinct transfer of a printed page or picture to the opposite page, when the pages are pressed together before the ink is dry or when it is poor..
Immortelle :: Immortelle (n.) A plant with a conspicuous, dry, unwithering involucre, as the species of Antennaria, Helichrysum, Gomphrena, etc. See Everlasting..
Polygamy :: Polygamy (n.) The having of a plurality of wives or husbands at the same time; usually, the marriage of a man to more than one woman, or the practice of having several wives, at the same time; -- opposed to monogamy; as, the nations of the East practiced polygamy. See the Note under Bigamy, and cf. Polyandry..
Stereotypery :: Stereotyper (n.) One who stereotypes; one who makes stereotype plates, or works in a stereotype foundry..
Escroll :: Escroll (n.) In modern heraldry, a similar ribbon on which the motto is inscribed..
Drily :: Drily (adv.) See Dryly.
Sear :: Sear (a.) To wither; to dry up.
Hamadryad :: Hamadryad (n.) A tree nymph whose life ended with that of the particular tree, usually an oak, which had been her abode..
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