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Dryfoot :: Dryfoot (n.) The scent of the game, as far as it can be traced..

Couch :: Couch (v. t.) To transfer (as sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire cloth mold to a felt blanket, for further drying..

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

Sizzle :: Sizzle (v. i.) To make a hissing sound; to fry, or to dry and shrivel up, with a hissing sound..

Sextary :: Sextary (n.) An ancient Roman liquid and dry measure, about equal to an English pint..

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..

Arefaction :: Arefaction (n.) The act of drying, or the state of growing dry..

Scoop :: Scoop (n.) To empty by lading; as, to scoop a well dry..

Towel :: Towel (n.) A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, as the person after a bath..

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..

Scurf :: Scurf (n.) Thin dry scales or scabs upon the body; especially, thin scales exfoliated from the cuticle, particularly of the scalp; dandruff..

Heraldic :: Heraldic (a.) Of or pertaining to heralds or heraldry; as, heraldic blazoning; heraldic language..

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..

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

Drain :: Drain (v. t.) To exhaust of liquid contents by drawing them off; to make gradually dry or empty; to remove surface water, as from streets, by gutters, etc.; to deprive of moisture; hence, to exhaust; to empty of wealth, resources, or the like; as, to drain a country of its specie..

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.

Homer :: Homer (n.) A Hebrew measure containing, as a liquid measure, ten baths, equivalent to fifty-five gallons, two quarts, one pint; and, as a dry measure, ten ephahs, equivalent to six bushels, two pecks, four quarts..

Flake :: Flake (n.) A platform of hurdles, or small sticks made fast or interwoven, supported by stanchions, for drying codfish and other things..

Insolation :: Insolation (n.) The act or process to exposing to the rays of the sun fro the purpose of drying or maturing, as fruits, drugs, etc., or of rendering acid, as vinegar..

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