Part 3507

<sd>(f)</sd> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Of certain morbid conditions, in which there is entire or comparative absence of moisture; as, <i>dry</i> gangrene; <i>dry</i> catarrh</def>.

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Destitute of that which interests or amuses; barren; unembellished; jejune; plain.</def>

<blockquote>These epistles will become less <b>dry</b>, more susceptible of ornament. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or hard; hence, sharp; keen; shrewd; quaint; <as>as, a <ex>dry</ex> tone or manner; <ex>dry</ex> wit.</as></def>

<blockquote>He was rather a <b>dry</b>, shrewd kind of body. <i>W. Irving.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Fine Arts)</fld> <def>Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of execution, or the want of a delicate contour in form, and of easy transition in coloring.</def>

<cs><col>Dry area</col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>a small open space reserved outside the foundation of a building to guard it from damp.</cd> -- <col>Dry blow</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <cd>A blow which inflicts no wound, and causes no effusion of blood.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A quick, sharp blow.</cd> -- <col>Dry bone</col> <fld>(Min.)</fld>, <cd>Smithsonite, or carbonate of zinc; -- a miner's term.</cd> -- <col>Dry castor</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <cd>a kind of beaver; -- called also <altname>parchment beaver</altname>.</cd> -- <col>Dry cupping</col>. <fld>(Med.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Cupping</er>.</cd> -- <col>Dry dock</col>. <cd>See under <er>Dock</er>.</cd> -- <col>Dry fat</col>. <cd>See <cref>Dry vat</cref> (below).</cd> -- <col>Dry light</col>, <cd>pure unobstructed light; hence, a clear, impartial view.</cd> <i>Bacon.</i>

<blockquote>The scientific man must keep his feelings under stern control, lest they obtrude into his researches, and color the <b>dry light</b> in which alone science desires to see its objects. <i> J. C. Shairp.</i></blockquote>

-- <col>Dry masonry</col>. <cd>See <er>Masonry</er>.</cd> -- <col>Dry measure</col>, <cd>a system of measures of volume for dry or coarse articles, by the bushel, peck, etc.</cd> -- <col>Dry pile</col> <fld>(Physics)</fld>, <cd>a form of the Voltaic pile, constructed without the use of a liquid, affording a feeble current, and chiefly useful in the construction of electroscopes of great delicacy; -- called also <altname>Zamboni's </altname>, from the names of the two earliest constructors of it.</cd> -- <col>Dry pipe</col> <fld>(Steam Engine)</fld>, <cd>a pipe which conducts dry steam from a boiler.</cd> -- <col>Dry plate</col> <fld>(Photog.)</fld>, <cd>a glass plate having a dry coating sensitive to light, upon which photographic negatives or pictures can be made, without moistening.</cd> -- <col>Dry-plate process</col>, <cd>the process of photographing with dry plates.</cd> -- <col>Dry point</col>. <fld>(Fine Arts)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>An engraving made with the needle instead of the burin, in which the work is done nearly as in etching, but is finished without the use acid</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A print from such an engraving, usually upon paper.</d> <sd>(c)</sd> Hence: <cd>The needle with which such an engraving is made.</cd> -- <col>Dry rent</col> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld>, <cd>a rent reserved by deed, without a clause of distress.</cd> <i>Bouvier</i>. -- <col>Dry rot</col>, <cd>a decay of timber, reducing its fibers to the condition of a dry powdery dust, often accompanied by the presence of a peculiar fungus (<spn>Merulius lacrymans</spn>), which is sometimes considered the cause of the decay; but it is more probable that the real cause is the decomposition of the wood itself. <i>D. C. Eaton</i>. Called also <altname>sap rot</altname>, and, in the United States, <altname>powder post</altname>. <i>Hebert</i>.</cd> -- <col>Dry stove</col>, <cd>a hothouse adapted to preserving the plants of arid climates.</cd> <i>Brande & C.</i> -- <col>Dry vat</col>, <cd>a vat, basket, or other receptacle for dry articles.</cd> -- <col>Dry wine</col>, <cd>that in which the saccharine matter and fermentation were so exactly balanced, that they have wholly neutralized each other, and no sweetness is perceptible; -- opposed to <contr>sweet wine</contr>, in which the saccharine matter is in excess.</cd></cs>

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

<hw>Dry</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Dried</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Drying</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>drygan</ets>; cf. <ets>drugian</ets> to grow dry. See <er>Dry</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>To make dry; to free from water, or from moisture of any kind, and by any means; to exsiccate; <as>as, to <ex>dry</ex> the eyes; to <ex>dry</ex> one's tears; the wind <ex>dries</ex> the earth; to <ex>dry</ex> a wet cloth; to <ex>dry</ex> hay.</as></def>

<cs><col>To dry up</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To scorch or parch with thirst; to deprive utterly of water; to consume.</cd>

<blockquote>Their honorable men are famished, and their multitude <b>dried up</b> with thirst. <i> Is. v. 13.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The water of the sea, which formerly covered it, was in time exhaled and <b>dried up</b> by the sun. <i>Woodward.</i></blockquote>

<sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To make to cease, as a stream of talk.</cd>

<blockquote>Their sources of revenue were <b>dried up</b>. <i> Jowett (Thucyd. )</i></blockquote>

-- <mcol><col>To dry, &or; dry up</col>, <col>a cow</col></mcol>, <cd>to cause a cow to cease secreting milk.</cd>

<i>Tylor.</i></cs>

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

<hw>Dry</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To grow dry; to become free from wetness, moisture, or juice; <as>as, the road <ex>dries</ex> rapidly</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To evaporate wholly; to be exhaled; -- said of moisture, or a liquid; -- sometimes with <i>up</i>; <as>as, the stream <ex>dries</ex>, or <ex>dries</ex> up</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To shrivel or wither; to lose vitality.</def>

<blockquote>And his hand, which he put forth against him, <b>dried</b> up, so that he could not pull it in again to him. <i>I Kings xiii. 4.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dryad</h1> <Xpage=458>

<hw>Dry"ad</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dryas</ets>, pl. <ets>dryades</ets>, Gr. <?/, pl. <?/, fr. <?/ oak, tree. See <er>Tree</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Class. Myth.)</fld> <def>A wood nymph; a nymph whose life was bound up with that of her tree.</def>

<h1>Dryandra</h1> <Xpage=458>

<hw>Dry*an"dra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. Named after <ets>J</ets>. <ets>Dryander</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of shrubs growing in Australia, having beautiful, hard, dry, evergreen leaves.</def>