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Wither :: Wither (v. t.) To cause to fade, and become dry..

Fanega :: Fanega (n.) A dry measure in Spain and Spanish America, varying from 1/ to 2/ bushels; also, a measure of land..

Thirst :: Thirst (n.) A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (as fear, excitement, etc.) which arrests the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane; hence, the condition producing this sensation..

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

Wash :: Wash (n.) A piece of ground washed by the action of a sea or river, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh; a fen; as, the washes in Lincolnshire..

Flask :: Flask (n.) The wooden or iron frame which holds the sand, etc., forming the mold used in a foundry; it consists of two or more parts; viz., the cope or top; sometimes, the cheeks, or middle part; and the drag, or bottom part. When there are one or more cheeks, the flask is called a three part flask, four part flask, etc..

Commandry :: Commandry (n.) See Commandery.

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

Pack :: Pack (n.) To envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings. See Pack, n., 5..

Dryad :: Dryad (n.) A wood nymph; a nymph whose life was bound up with that of her tree.

Droughtiness :: Droughtiness (n.) A state of dryness of the weather; want of rain.

Costive :: Costive (a.) Dry and hard; impermeable; unyielding.

Bailiff :: Bailiff (n.) An overseer or under steward of an estate, who directs husbandry operations, collects rents, etc..

Sere :: Sere (a.) [OE. seer, AS. sear (assumed) fr. searian to wither; akin to D. zoor dry, LG. soor, OHG. sor/n to to wither, Gr. ay`ein to parch, to dry, Skr. /ush (for sush) to dry, to wither, Zend hush to dry. �152. Cf. Austere, Sorrel, a.] Dry; withered; no longer green; -- applied to leaves..

Drynurse :: Drynurse (v. t.) To feed, attend, and bring up without the breast..

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

Coulee :: Coulee (n.) a stream of lava. Also, in the Western United States, the bed of a stream, even if dry, when deep and having inclined sides; distinguished from a ca�on, which has precipitous sides..

Baking :: Baking (n.) The act or process of cooking in an oven, or of drying and hardening by heat or cold..

Causey :: Causey (n.) A way or road raised above the natural level of the ground, serving as a dry passage over wet or marshy ground..

Waterless :: Waterless (a.) Destitute of water; dry.

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