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Definition of dry

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Dry (a.) To make dry; to free from water, or from moisture of any kind, and by any means; to exsiccate; as, to dry the eyes; to dry one's tears; the wind dries the earth; to dry a wet cloth; to dry hay..

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Derelict :: Derelict (n.) A tract of land left dry by the sea, and fit for cultivation or use..

Landlordry :: Landlordry (n.) The state of a landlord.

Armory :: Armory (n.) That branch of heraldry which treats of coat armor.

Drysaltery :: Drysaltery (n.) The articles kept by a drysalter; also, the business of a drysalter..

Wither :: Wither (n.) To fade; to lose freshness; to become sapless; to become sapless; to dry or shrivel up.

Kiln :: Kiln (n.) A large stove or oven; a furnace of brick or stone, or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, or drying anything; as, a kiln for baking or hardening earthen vessels; a kiln for drying grain, meal, lumber, etc.; a kiln for calcining limestone..

Capsule :: Capsule (n.) a dry fruit or pod which is made up of several parts or carpels, and opens to discharge the seeds, as, the capsule of the poppy, the flax, the lily, etc..

Dryfland :: Dryfland (n.) An ancient yearly payment made by some tenants to the king, or to their landlords, for the privilege of driving their cattle through a manor to fairs or markets..

Season :: Season (v. i.) To become dry and hard, by the escape of the natural juices, or by being penetrated with other substance; as, timber seasons in the sun..

Laundryman :: Laundryman (n.) A man who follows the business of laundering.

Dike :: Dike (v. t.) To surround or protect with a dike or dry bank; to secure with a bank.

Sere :: Sere (a.) Dry; withered. Same as Sear.

Thrift :: Thrift (n.) A thriving state; good husbandry; economical management in regard to property; frugality.

Monandric :: Monandric (a.) Of or pertaining to monandry; practicing monandry as a system of marriage.

Peck :: Peck (n.) The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat..

Besmoke :: Besmoke (v. t.) To harden or dry in smoke.

Exsiccator :: Exsiccator (n.) An apparatus for drying substances or preserving them from moisture; a desiccator; also, less frequently, an agent employed to absorb moisture, as calcium chloride, or concentrated sulphuric acid..

Calabash :: Calabash (n.) A water dipper, bottle, bascket, or other utensil, made from the dry shell of a calabash or gourd..

Caryopsis :: Caryopsis (n.) A one-celled, dry, indehiscent fruit, with a thin membranous pericarp, adhering closely to the seed, so that fruit and seed are incorporated in one body, forming a single grain, as of wheat, barley, etc..

Drought :: Drought (n.) Dryness; want of rain or of water; especially, such dryness of the weather as affects the earth, and prevents the growth of plants; aridity..