Definition of dry

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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..

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Coffer :: Coffer (n.) A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it by a raking fire..
Fanega :: Fanega (n.) A dry measure in Spain and Spanish America, varying from 1/ to 2/ bushels; also, a measure of land..
Desiccant :: Desiccant (n.) A medicine or application for drying up a sore.
Pory :: Pory (a.) Porous; as, pory stone. [R.] Dryden..
Managery :: Managery (n.) Husbandry; economy; frugality.
Derelict :: Derelict (n.) A tract of land left dry by the sea, and fit for cultivation or use..
Chaffy :: Chaffy (a.) Resembling chaff; composed of light dry scales.
Crackle :: Crackle (n.) A kind of crackling sound or r/le, heard in some abnormal states of the lungs; as, dry crackle; moist crackle..
Mummify :: Mummify (v. t.) To embalm and dry as a mummy; to make into, or like, a mummy..
Siccate :: Siccate (v. t.) To dry.
Costive :: Costive (a.) Dry and hard; impermeable; unyielding.
Dry :: Dry (superl.) Of certain morbid conditions, in which there is entire or comparative absence of moisture; as, dry gangrene; dry catarrh..
Stereotypery :: Stereotyper (n.) One who stereotypes; one who makes stereotype plates, or works in a stereotype foundry..
Desiccate :: Desiccate (v. i.) To become dry.
Clothesline :: Clothesline (n.) A rope or wire on which clothes are hung to dry.
Sike :: Sike (n.) A gutter; a stream, such as is usually dry in summer..
Vidonia :: Vidonia (n.) A dry white wine, of a tart flavor, produced in Teneriffe; -- called also Teneriffe..
Germander :: Germander (n.) A plant of the genus Teucrium (esp. Teucrium Chamaedrys or wall germander), mintlike herbs and low shrubs..
Schizocarp :: Schizocarp (n.) A dry fruit which splits at maturity into several closed one-seeded portions.
Meandry :: Meandry (a.) Winding; flexuous.
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