Definition of dry

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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..

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Tabby :: Tabby (n.) A mixture of lime with shells, gravel, or stones, in equal proportions, with an equal proportion of water. When dry, this becomes as hard as rock..
Exsiccation :: Exsiccation (n.) The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture; state of being dried up; dryness.
Scrap :: Scrap (v. t.) The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat; as, pork scraps..
Staddle :: Staddle (v. i.) A row of dried or drying hay, etc..
Squamaceous :: Squama (n.) A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred consisting of epithelium.
Dry-stone :: Dry-stone (a.) Constructed of uncemented stone.
Wizen :: Wizen (v. i.) To wither; to dry.
Hydrophobia :: Hydrophobia (n.) The disease caused by a bite form, or inoculation with the saliva of, a rabid creature, of which the chief symptoms are, a sense of dryness and construction in the throat, causing difficulty in deglutition, and a marked heightening of reflex excitability, producing convulsions whenever the patient attempts to swallow, or is disturbed in any way, as by the sight or sound of water; rabies; canine madness..
Monandric :: Monandric (a.) Of or pertaining to monandry; practicing monandry as a system of marriage.
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..
Dryas :: Dryas (n.) A dryad.
Dryness :: Dryness (n.) The state of being dry. See Dry.
Dry Nurse :: Dry nurse () A nurse who attends and feeds a child by hand; -- in distinction from a wet nurse, who suckles it..
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..
Pump :: Pump (v. t.) To draw water, or the like, from; to from water by means of a pump; as, they pumped the well dry; to pump a ship..
Tendry :: Tendry (n.) A tender; an offer.
Sundrymen :: Sundry (v. t.) Separate; diverse.
Season :: Season (v. t.) Hence, to prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices; as, to season timber..
Season :: Season (n.) One of the divisions of the year, marked by alternations in the length of day and night, or by distinct conditions of temperature, moisture, etc., caused mainly by the relative position of the earth with respect to the sun. In the north temperate zone, four seasons, namely, spring, summer, autumn, and winter, are generally recognized. Some parts of the world have three seasons, -- the dry, the rainy, and the cold; other parts have but two, -- the dry and the rainy..
Crackle :: Crackle (n.) A kind of crackling sound or r/le, heard in some abnormal states of the lungs; as, dry crackle; moist crackle..
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