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Strip :: Strip (v. t.) To deprive of all milk; to milk dry; to draw the last milk from; hence, to milk with a peculiar movement of the hand on the teats at the last of a milking; as, to strip a cow..

Driest :: Driest (superl.) of Dry, a..

Orpine :: Orpine (n.) A low plant with fleshy leaves (Sedum telephium), having clusters of purple flowers. It is found on dry, sandy places, and on old walls, in England, and has become naturalized in America. Called also stonecrop, and live-forever..

Dry Dock :: Dry dock () See under Dock.

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

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

Kex :: Kex (n.) A dry husk or covering.

Concentrator :: Concentrator (n.) An apparatus for the separation of dry comminuted ore, by exposing it to intermittent puffs of air..

Hydrophobia :: Hydrophobia (n.) The disease caused by a bite form, or inoculation with the saliva of, a rabid creature, of which the chief symptoms are, a sense of dryness and construction in the throat, causing difficulty in deglutition, and a marked heightening of reflex excitability, producing convulsions whenever the patient attempts to swallow, or is disturbed in any way, as by the sight or sound of water; rabies; canine madness..

Mummify :: Mummify (v. t.) To embalm and dry as a mummy; to make into, or like, a mummy..

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..

Grease :: Grease (n.) An inflammation of a horse's heels, suspending the ordinary greasy secretion of the part, and producing dryness and scurfiness, followed by cracks, ulceration, and fungous excrescences..

Steingale :: Steinbock (n.) A small South African antelope (Nanotragus tragulus) which frequents dry, rocky districts; -- called also steenbok..

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..

Epha :: Epha (n.) A Hebrew dry measure, supposed to be equal to two pecks and five quarts. ten ephahs make one homer..

Pump :: Pump (v. t.) To draw water, or the like, from; to from water by means of a pump; as, they pumped the well dry; to pump a ship..

Aridity :: Aridity (n.) Fig.: Want of interest of feeling; insensibility; dryness of style or feeling; spiritual drought.

Shruff :: Shruff (n.) Rubbish. Specifically: (a) Dross or refuse of metals. [Obs.] (b) Light, dry wood, or stuff used for fuel..

Hamadryad :: Hamadryad (n.) A large venomous East Indian snake (Orhiophagus bungarus), allied to the cobras..

Exsiccation :: Exsiccation (n.) The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture; state of being dried up; dryness.

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