Definition of dry

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Dry (v. i.) To shrivel or wither; to lose vitality.

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Ribaldry :: Ribaldry (n.) The talk of a ribald; low, vulgar language; indecency; obscenity; lewdness; -- now chiefly applied to indecent language, but formerly, as by Chaucer, also to indecent acts or conduct..
Cab :: Cab (n.) A Hebrew dry measure, containing a little over two (2.37) pints..
Cockle :: Cockle (n.) A hop-drying kiln; an oast.
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..
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..
Curer :: Curer (n.) One who prepares beef, fish, etc., for preservation by drying, salting, smoking, etc..
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..
Meagre :: Meagre (a.) Dry and harsh to the touch, as chalk..
Scarious :: Scarious (a.) Thin, dry, membranous, and not green..
Drysaltery :: Drysaltery (n.) The articles kept by a drysalter; also, the business of a drysalter..
Slang :: Slang (v. t.) To address with slang or ribaldry; to insult with vulgar language.
Gallon :: Gallon (n.) A measure of capacity, containing four quarts; -- used, for the most part, in liquid measure, but sometimes in dry measure..
Scoop :: Scoop (n.) To empty by lading; as, to scoop a well dry..
Smouldry :: Smouldry (a.) Smoldering; suffocating; smothery.
Waved :: Waved (a.) Having undulations like waves; -- said of one of the lines in heraldry which serve as outlines to the ordinaries, etc..
Water Course :: Water course () A running stream of water having a bed and banks; the easement one may have in the flowing of such a stream in its accustomed course. A water course may be sometimes dry.
Vidonia :: Vidonia (n.) A dry white wine, of a tart flavor, produced in Teneriffe; -- called also Teneriffe..
Coccus :: Coccus (n.) One of the separable carpels of a dry fruit.
Tawdry :: Tawdry (superl.) Very fine and showy in colors, without taste or elegance; having an excess of showy ornaments without grace; cheap and gaudy; as, a tawdry dress; tawdry feathers; tawdry colors..
Ploughbote :: Ploughbote (n.) Wood or timber allowed to a tenant for the repair of instruments of husbandry. See Bote.
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