Part 3508

<h1>Dryas</h1> <Xpage=458>

<hw>Dry"as</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Dryades</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. See <er>Dryad</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Class. Myth.)</fld> <def>A dryad.</def>

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

<hw>Dry"-beat`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To beat severely.</def>

<i> Shak.</i>

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

<hw>Dry"-boned`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having dry bones, or bones without flesh.</def>

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

<hw>Dry" dock`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>See under <er>Dock</er>.</def>

<h1>Dryer</h1> <Xpage=458>

<hw>Dry"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Drier</er>.</def>

<i>Sir W. Temple.</i>

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

<hw>Dry"-eyed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not having tears in the eyes.</def>

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

<hw>Dry"-fist`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Niggardly.</def>

<h1>Dryfoot</h1> <Xpage=458>

<hw>Dry"foot</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The scent of the game, as far as it can be traced.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

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

<hw>Dry" goods`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>A commercial name for textile fabrics, cottons, woolens, linen, silks, laces, etc., -- in distinction from <i>groceries</i>.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>

<h1>Drying</h1> <Xpage=458>

<hw>Dry"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Adapted or tending to exhaust moisture; <as>as, a <ex>drying</ex> wind or day; a <ex>drying</ex> room.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Having the quality of rapidly becoming dry.</def>

<cs><col>Drying oil</col>, <cd>an oil which, either naturally or after boiling with oxide of lead, absorbs oxygen from the air and dries up rapidly. <i>Drying oils<i> are used as the bases of many paints and varnishes.</cd></cs>

<h1>Dryly</h1> <Xpage=458>

<hw>Dry"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a dry manner; not succulently; without interest; without sympathy; coldly.</def>