Definition of dry

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Dry (superl.) Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of execution, or the want of a delicate contour in form, and of easy transition in coloring..

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Laundryman :: Laundryman (n.) A man who follows the business of laundering.
Chaffy :: Chaffy (a.) Bearing or covered with dry scales, as the under surface of certain ferns, or the disk of some composite flowers..
Tenter :: Tenter (n.) A machine or frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks, called tenter-hooks, so that it may dry even and square..
Smut :: Smut (v. t.) Obscene language; ribaldry; obscenity.
Hamadryas :: Hamadryas (n.) The sacred baboon of Egypt (Cynocephalus Hamadryas).
Desiccant :: Desiccant (n.) A medicine or application for drying up a sore.
Highlandry :: Highlandry (n.) Highlanders, collectively..
Gully :: Gully (n.) A channel or hollow worn in the earth by a current of water; a short deep portion of a torrent's bed when dry.
Sundry :: Sundrily (adv.) In sundry ways; variously.
Tabby :: Tabby (n.) A mixture of lime with shells, gravel, or stones, in equal proportions, with an equal proportion of water. When dry, this becomes as hard as rock..
Wipe :: Wipe (v. t.) To rub with something soft for cleaning; to clean or dry by rubbing; as, to wipe the hands or face with a towel..
Drying :: Drying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dr.
Jejune :: "Jejune (a.) Void of interest; barren; meager; dry; as, a jejune narrative..
Roast :: Roast (v. t.) To dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast coffee; to roast chestnuts, or peanuts..
Bath :: Bath (n.) A Hebrew measure containing the tenth of a homer, or five gallons and three pints, as a measure for liquids; and two pecks and five quarts, as a dry measure..
Regmacarp :: Regmacarp (n.) Any dry dehiscent fruit.
Chaldron :: Chaldron (n.) An English dry measure, being, at London, 36 bushels heaped up, or its equivalent weight, and more than twice as much at Newcastle. Now used exclusively for coal and coke..
Ploughbote :: Ploughbote (n.) Wood or timber allowed to a tenant for the repair of instruments of husbandry. See Bote.
Unliquored :: Unliquored (a.) Not moistened or wet with liquor; dry.
Droughtiness :: Droughtiness (n.) A state of dryness of the weather; want of rain.
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