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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Drier \Dri"er\, compar., Driest \Dri"est\, superl.,
     of {Dry}, a.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Dry \Dry\ (dr[imac]), a. [Compar. {Drier}; superl. {Driest}.]
     [OE. dru[yogh]e, druye, drie, AS. dryge; akin to LG.
     dr["o]ge, D. droog, OHG. trucchan, G. trocken, Icel. draugr a
     dry log. Cf. {Drought}, {Drouth}, 3d {Drug}.]
     1. 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.
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                  The weather, we agreed, was too dry for the
                  season.                           --Addison.
        (b) Of vegetable matter: Free from juices or sap; not
            succulent; not green; as, dry wood or hay.
        (c) Of animals: Not giving milk; as, the cow is dry.
        (d) Of persons: Thirsty; needing drink.
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                  Give the dry fool drink.          -- Shak
        (e) Of the eyes: Not shedding tears.
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                  Not a dry eye was to be seen in the assembly. --
                                                    Prescott.
        (f) (Med.) Of certain morbid conditions, in which there is
            entire or comparative absence of moisture; as, dry
            gangrene; dry catarrh.
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     2. Destitute of that which interests or amuses; barren;
        unembellished; jejune; plain.
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              These epistles will become less dry, more
              susceptible of ornament.              --Pope.
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     3. Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or
        hard; hence, sharp; keen; shrewd; quaint; as, a dry tone
        or manner; dry wit.
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              He was rather a dry, shrewd kind of body. --W.
                                                    Irving.
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     4. (Fine Arts) Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of
        execution, or the want of a delicate contour in form, and
        of easy transition in coloring.
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     {Dry area} (Arch.), a small open space reserved outside the
        foundation of a building to guard it from damp.
  
     {Dry blow}.
        (a) (Med.) A blow which inflicts no wound, and causes no
            effusion of blood.
        (b) A quick, sharp blow.
  
     {Dry bone} (Min.), Smithsonite, or carbonate of zinc; -- a
        miner's term.
  
     {Dry castor} (Zool.) a kind of beaver; -- called also
        {parchment beaver}.
  
     {Dry cupping}. (Med.) See under {Cupping}.
  
     {Dry dock}. See under {Dock}.
  
     {Dry fat}. See {Dry vat} (below).
  
     {Dry light}, pure unobstructed light; hence, a clear,
        impartial view. --Bacon.
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              The scientific man must keep his feelings under
              stern control, lest they obtrude into his
              researches, and color the dry light in which alone
              science desires to see its objects.   -- J. C.
                                                    Shairp.
  
     {Dry masonry}. See {Masonry}.
  
     {Dry measure}, a system of measures of volume for dry or
        coarse articles, by the bushel, peck, etc.
  
     {Dry pile} (Physics), 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 {Zamboni's}, from the names
        of the two earliest constructors of it.
  
     {Dry pipe} (Steam Engine), a pipe which conducts dry steam
        from a boiler.
  
     {Dry plate} (Photog.), a glass plate having a dry coating
        sensitive to light, upon which photographic negatives or
        pictures can be made, without moistening.
  
     {Dry-plate process}, the process of photographing with dry
        plates.
  
     {Dry point}. (Fine Arts)
        (a) 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.
        (b) A print from such an engraving, usually upon paper.
        (c) Hence: The needle with which such an engraving is
            made.
  
     {Dry rent} (Eng. Law), a rent reserved by deed, without a
        clause of distress. --Bouvier.
  
     {Dry rot}, a decay of timber, reducing its fibers to the
        condition of a dry powdery dust, often accompanied by the
        presence of a peculiar fungus ({Merulius lacrymans}),
        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. --D. C. Eaton. Called
        also {sap rot}, and, in the United States, {powder post}.
        --Hebert.
  
     {Dry stove}, a hothouse adapted to preserving the plants of
        arid climates. --Brande & C.
  
     {Dry vat}, a vat, basket, or other receptacle for dry
        articles.
  
     {Dry wine}, 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 {sweet wine}, in which the
        saccharine matter is in excess.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dry
       adj 1: free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal
              moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet; "dry
              land"; "dry clothes"; "a dry climate"; "dry splintery
              boards"; "a dry river bed"; "the paint is dry" [ant: {wet}]
       2: humorously sarcastic or mocking; "dry humor"; "an ironic
          remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely"; "an
          ironic novel"; "an ironical smile"; "with a wry Scottish
          wit" [syn: {ironic}, {ironical}, {wry}]
       3: opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of
          alcoholic beverages; "the dry vote led by preachers and
          bootleggers"; "a dry state" [ant: {wet}]
       4: not producing milk; "a dry cow" [ant: {wet}]
       5: (of wines) not sweet because of decomposition of sugar
          during fermentation; "a dry white burgundy" [ant: {sweet}]
       6: without a mucous or watery discharge; "a dry cough"; "that
          rare thing in the wintertime; a small child with a dry
          nose" [ant: {phlegmy}]
       7: not shedding tears; "dry sobs"; "with dry eyes"
       8: lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless; "a dry
          book"; "a dry lecture filled with trivial details"; "dull
          and juiceless as only book knowledge can be when it is
          unrelated to...life"- John Mason Brown [syn: {juiceless}]
       9: used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones; "dry
          weight"
       10: unproductive especially of the expected results; "a dry
           run"; "a mind dry of new ideas"
       11: having no adornment or coloration; "dry facts"; "rattled off
           the facts in a dry mechanical manner"
       12: (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish;
           "dry toast"; "dry meat"
       13: suffering from fluid deprivation; "his mouth was dry"
       14: having a large proportion of strong liquor; "a very dry
           martini is almost straight gin"
       15: lacking warmth or emotional involvement; "a dry greeting";
           "a dry reading of the lines"; "a dry critique"
       16: practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages;
           "he's been dry for ten years"; "no thank you; I happen to
           be teetotal" [syn: {teetotal}]
       n : a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
           [syn: {prohibitionist}]
       v 1: remove the moisture from and make dry; "dry clothes"; "dry
            hair" [syn: {dry out}] [ant: {wet}]
       2: become dry or drier; "The laundry dries in the sun" [syn: {dry
          out}]
       [also: {dried}, {dryest}, {dryer}, {driest}, {drier}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  driest
       See {dry}

















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