Vocabulary : Druxey to Dryas

Druxey : Alt. of Druxy
Druxy : Having decayed spots or streaks of a whitish color; -- said of timber.
Dry : 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. ;; Of vegetable matter: Free from juices or sap; not succulent; not green; as, dry wood or hay. ;; Of animals: Not giving milk; as, the cow is dry. ;; Of persons: Thirsty; needing drink. ;; Of the eyes: Not shedding tears. ;; Of certain morbid conditions, in which there is entire or comparative absence of moisture; as, dry gangrene; dry catarrh. ;; Destitute of that which interests or amuses; barren; unembellished; jejune; plain. ;; Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or hard; hence, sharp; keen; shrewd; quaint; as, a dry tone or manner; dry wit. ;; Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of execution, or the want of a delicate contour in form, and of easy transition in coloring. ;; To make dry; to free from water, or from moisture of any kind, and by any means; to exsiccate
Dry dock : See under Dock.
Dry goods : A commercial name for textile fabrics, cottons, woolens, linen, silks, laces, etc., -- in distinction from groceries.

Dry nurse : A nurse who attends and feeds a child by hand; -- in distinction from a wet nurse, who suckles it.
Dryad : A wood nymph; a nymph whose life was bound up with that of her tree.
Dryades : of Dryas
Dryandra : A genus of shrubs growing in Australia, having beautiful, hard, dry, evergreen leaves.
Dryas : A dryad.

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