Definition of dry

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Dry (v. i.) To grow dry; to become free from wetness, moisture, or juice; as, the road dries rapidly..

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Gallon :: Gallon (n.) A measure of capacity, containing four quarts; -- used, for the most part, in liquid measure, but sometimes in dry measure..
Coffer :: Coffer (n.) A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it by a raking fire..
Nonconductor :: Nonconductor (n.) A substance which does not conduct, that is, convey or transmit, heat, electricity, sound, vibration, or the like, or which transmits them with difficulty; an insulator; as, wool is a nonconductor of heat; glass and dry wood are nonconductors of electricity..
At :: At (prep.) The relation of some employment or action; occupied with; as, at engraving; at husbandry; at play; at work; at meat (eating); except at puns..
Hygrophanous :: Hygrophanous (a.) Having such a structure as to be diaphanous when moist, and opaque when dry..
Medium :: Medium (n.) The liquid vehicle with which dry colors are ground and prepared for application.
Drupe :: Drupe (n.) A fruit consisting of pulpy, coriaceous, or fibrous exocarp, without valves, containing a nut or stone with a kernel. The exocarp is succulent in the plum, cherry, apricot, peach, etc.; dry and subcoriaceous in the almond; and fibrous in the cocoanut..
Catechu :: Catechu (n.) A dry, brown, astringent extract, obtained by decoction and evaporation from the Acacia catechu, and several other plants growing in India. It contains a large portion of tannin or tannic acid, and is used in medicine and in the arts. It is also known by the names terra japonica, cutch, gambier, etc..
Squill :: Squilgee (n.) Formerly, a small swab for drying a vessel's deck; now, a kind of scraper having a blade or edge of rubber or of leather, -- used for removing superfluous, water or other liquids, as from a vessel's deck after washing, from window panes, photographer's plates, etc..
Dealer :: Dealer (n.) One who deals; one who has to do, or has concern, with others; esp., a trader, a trafficker, a shopkeeper, a broker, or a merchant; as, a dealer in dry goods; a dealer in stocks; a retail dealer..
Amontillado :: Amontillado (n.) A dry kind of cherry, of a light color..
Embassadry :: Embassadry (n.) Embassy.
Cure :: Cure (v. t.) To prepare for preservation or permanent keeping; to preserve, as by drying, salting, etc.; as, to cure beef or fish; to cure hay..
Dry :: Dry (superl.) Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of execution, or the want of a delicate contour in form, and of easy transition in coloring..
Matter-of-fact :: Matter-of-fact (a.) Adhering to facts; not turning aside from absolute realities; not fanciful or imaginative; commonplace; dry.
Dry-eyed :: Dry-eyed (a.) Not having tears in the eyes.
Evaporator :: Evaporator (n.) An apparatus for condensing vegetable juices, or for drying fruit by heat..
Hothouse :: Hothouse (n.) A heated room for drying green ware.
Xerophthalmia :: Xerophthalmia (n.) An abnormal dryness of the eyeball produced usually by long-continued inflammation and subsequent atrophy of the conjunctiva.
Pack :: Pack (n.) To envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings. See Pack, n., 5..
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