Adry :: Adry (a.) In a dry or thirsty condition.

Balladry :: Balladry (n.) Ballad poems; the subject or style of ballads.

Bawdry :: Bawdry (n.) The practice of procuring women for the gratification of lust.

Bawdry :: Bawdry (n.) Illicit intercourse; fornication.

Bawdry :: Bawdry (n.) Obscenity; filthy, unchaste language..

Cedry :: Cedry (a.) Of the nature of cedar.

Chandry :: Chandry (n.) Chandlery.

Commandry :: Commandry (n.) See Commandery.

Cuckoldry :: Cuckoldry (n.) The state of being a cuckold; the practice of making cuckolds.

Dry :: Dry (superl.) Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid; not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as rain or fluid of any kind; -- said especially: (a) Of the weather: Free from rain or mist..

Dry :: Dry (superl.) Of vegetable matter: Free from juices or sap; not succulent; not green; as, dry wood or hay..

Dry :: Dry (superl.) Of animals: Not giving milk; as, the cow is dry..

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

Dry :: Dry (superl.) Of the eyes: Not shedding tears.

Dry :: Dry (superl.) Of certain morbid conditions, in which there is entire or comparative absence of moisture; as, dry gangrene; dry catarrh..

Dry :: Dry (superl.) Destitute of that which interests or amuses; barren; unembellished; jejune; plain.

Dry :: Dry (superl.) Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or hard; hence, sharp; keen; shrewd; quaint; as, a dry tone or manner; dry wit..

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..

Dry :: 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..

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

Dry :: Dry (v. i.) To evaporate wholly; to be exhaled; -- said of moisture, or a liquid; -- sometimes with up; as, the stream dries, or dries up..

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

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

Dry Goods :: Dry goods () A commercial name for textile fabrics, cottons, woolens, linen, silks, laces, etc., -- in distinction from groceries..

Dry Nurse :: Dry nurse () A nurse who attends and feeds a child by hand; -- in distinction from a wet nurse, who suckles it..

Dry-beat :: Dry-beat (v. t.) To beat severely.

Dry-boned :: Dry-boned (a.) Having dry bones, or bones without flesh..

Dry-eyed :: Dry-eyed (a.) Not having tears in the eyes.

Dry-fisted :: Dry-fisted (a.) Niggardly.

Dry-rub :: Dry-rub (v. t.) To rub and cleanse without wetting.

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