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- English Word Druse Definition One of a people and religious sect dwelling chiefly in the Lebanon mountains of Syria.
- English Word Drused Definition Covered with a large number of minute crystals.
- English Word Drusy Definition Alt. of Drused
- English Word Druxey Definition Alt. of Druxy
- English Word Druxy Definition Having decayed spots or streaks of a whitish color; -- said of timber.
- English Word Dry Definition 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.
- English Word Dry Definition Of vegetable matter: Free from juices or sap; not succulent; not green; as, dry wood or hay.
- English Word Dry Definition Of animals: Not giving milk; as, the cow is dry.
- English Word Dry Definition Of persons: Thirsty; needing drink.
- English Word Dry Definition Of the eyes: Not shedding tears.
- English Word Dry Definition Of certain morbid conditions, in which there is entire or comparative absence of moisture; as, dry gangrene; dry catarrh.
- English Word Dry Definition Destitute of that which interests or amuses; barren; unembellished; jejune; plain.
- English Word Dry Definition Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or hard; hence, sharp; keen; shrewd; quaint; as, a dry tone or manner; dry wit.
- English Word Dry Definition Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of execution, or the want of a delicate contour in form, and of easy transition in coloring.
- English Word Dry Definition 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.
- English Word Dry Definition To grow dry; to become free from wetness, moisture, or juice; as, the road dries rapidly.
- English Word Dry Definition To evaporate wholly; to be exhaled; -- said of moisture, or a liquid; -- sometimes with up; as, the stream dries, or dries up.
- English Word Dry Definition To shrivel or wither; to lose vitality.
- English Word Dry dock Definition See under Dock.
- English Word Dry goods Definition A commercial name for textile fabrics, cottons, woolens, linen, silks, laces, etc., -- in distinction from groceries.
- English Word Dry nurse Definition A nurse who attends and feeds a child by hand; -- in distinction from a wet nurse, who suckles it.
- English Word Dry-beat Definition To beat severely.
- English Word Dry-boned Definition Having dry bones, or bones without flesh.
- English Word Dry-eyed Definition Not having tears in the eyes.
- English Word Dry-fisted Definition Niggardly.
- English Word Dry-rub Definition To rub and cleanse without wetting.
- English Word Dry-rubbed Definition of Dry-rub
- English Word Dry-rubbing Definition of Dry-rub
- English Word Dry-shod Definition Without wetting the feet.
- English Word Dry-stone Definition Constructed of uncemented stone.