Part 3509

<h1>Dryness</h1> <Xpage=458>

<hw>Dry"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being dry. See <er>Dry</er>.</def>

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

<hw>Dry" nurse`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>A nurse who attends and feeds a child by hand; -- in distinction from a <i>wet nurse</i>, who suckles it.</def>

<h1>Drynurse</h1> <Xpage=458>

<hw>Dry"nurse`</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To feed, attend, and bring up without the breast.</def>

<i>Hudibras.</i>

<h1>Dryobalanops</h1> <Xpage=458>

<hw>Dry`o*bal"a*nops</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ oak + <?/ acorn + <?/ appearance. The fruit remotely resembles an acorn in its cup.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The genus to which belongs the single species <i>D</i>. <i>Camphora</i>, a lofty resinous tree of Borneo and Sumatra, yielding Borneo camphor and camphor oil.</def>

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

<hw>Dry"-rub`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Dry-rubbed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dry-rubbing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To rub and cleanse without wetting.</def>

<i>Dodsley.</i>

<h1>Drysalter</h1> <Xpage=458>

<hw>Dry"salt`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A dealer in salted or dried meats, pickles, sauces, etc., and in the materials used in pickling, salting, and preserving various kinds of food Hence drysalters usually sell a number of saline substances and miscellaneous drugs.</def>

<i>Brande & C.</i>

<h1>Drysaltery</h1> <Xpage=458>

<hw>Dry"salt`er*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The articles kept by a drysalter; also, the business of a drysalter.</def>

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

<hw>Dry"-shod`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Without wetting the feet.</def>

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

<hw>Dry"-stone`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Constructed of uncemented stone.</def> "<i>Dry-stone</i> walls."

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<h1>Dryth, &or; Drith</h1> <Xpage=458>

<hw><hw>Dryth</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, &or; <hw>Drith</hw><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Drought.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Tyndale.</i>

<h1>Duad</h1> <Xpage=458>

<hw>Du"ad</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Dyad</er>.]</ety> <def>A union of two; duality.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Harris.</i>