Part 3506

<hw><hw>Drunk"en*ship</hw>, <hw>Drunk"ship</hw>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being drunk; drunkenness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Gower.</i>

<h1>Drupaceous</h1> <Xpage=458>

<hw>Dru*pa"ceous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>drupac\'82</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Producing, or pertaining to, drupes; having the form of drupes; <as>as, <ex>drupaceous</ex> trees or fruits</as>.</def>

<h1>Drupal</h1> <Xpage=458>

<hw>Drup"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Drupaceous.</def>

<h1>Drupe</h1> <Xpage=458>

<hw>Drupe</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>drupe</ets>, L. <ets>drupa</ets> an overripe, wrinkled olive, fr. Gr. <?/.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A fruit consisting of pulpy, coriaceous, or fibrous exocarp, without valves, containing a nut or stone with a kernel. The exocarp is succulent in the plum, cherry, apricot, peach, etc.; dry and subcoriaceous in the almond; and fibrous in the cocoanut.</def>

<h1>Drupel, Drupelet</h1> <Xpage=458>

<hw><hw>Drup"el</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Drupe"let</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Dim. of <er>Drupe</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A small drupe, as one of the pulpy grains of the blackberry.</def>

<h1>Druse</h1> <Xpage=458>

<hw>Druse</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. G. <ets>druse</ets> bonny, crystallized piece of ore, Bohem. <ets>druza</ets>. Cf. <er>Dross</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A cavity in a rock, having its interior surface studded with crystals and sometimes filled with water; a geode.</def>

<h1>Druse</h1> <Xpage=458>

<hw>Druse</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One of a people and religious sect dwelling chiefly in the Lebanon mountains of Syria.</def>

<blockquote>The Druses separated from the Mohammedan Arabs in the 9th century. Their characteristic dogma is the unity of God. <i> Am. Cyc.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Drusy, Drused</h1> <Xpage=458>

<hw><hw>Dru"sy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Drused</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Covered with a large number of minute crystals.</def>

<h1>Druxey, Druxy</h1> <Xpage=458>

<hw><hw>Drux"ey</hw>, <hw>Drux"y</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <def>Having decayed spots or streaks of a whitish color; -- said of timber.</def>

<i>Weale.</i>

<h1>Dry</h1> <Xpage=458>

<hw>Dry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Drier</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Driest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>dru<?/e</ets>, <ets>druye</ets>, <ets>drie</ets>, AS. <ets>dryge</ets>; akin to LG. <ets>dr\'94ge</ets>, D. <ets>droog</ets>, OHG. <ets>trucchan</ets>, G. <ets>trocken</ets>, Icel. <ets>draugr</ets> a dry log. Cf. <er>Drought</er>, <er>Drouth</er>, 3d <er>Drug</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>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: <sd>(a)</sd> Of the weather: Free from rain or mist.</def>

<blockquote>The weather, we agreed, was too <b>dry</b> for the season. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<sd>(b)</sd> <def>Of vegetable matter: Free from juices or sap; not succulent; not green; as, <i>dry</i> wood or hay</def>. <sd>(c)</sd> <def>Of animals: Not giving milk; as, the cow is <i>dry</i></def>. <sd>(d)</sd> <def>Of persons: Thirsty; needing drink</def>.

<blockquote>Give the <b>dry</b> fool drink. <i> Shak</i></blockquote>

<sd>(e)</sd> <def>Of the eyes: Not shedding tears</def>.

<blockquote>Not a <b>dry</b> eye was to be seen in the assembly. <i> Prescott.</i></blockquote>