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Dry
·superl Of the eyes: Not shedding tears.
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Eyed
·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Eye>>.
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Dry dock
·- ·see under <<Dock>>.
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Dry goods
·- A commercial name for textile fabrics, cottons, woolens, linen, silks, laces, ·etc., — in distinc...
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Dry nurse
·- A nurse who attends and feeds a child by hand;
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Dry-beat
·vt To beat severely.
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Dry-boned
·adj Having dry bones, or bones without flesh.
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Dry-fisted
·adj <<Niggardly>>.
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Dry-rub
·vt To rub and cleanse without wetting.
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Dry-rubbed
·Impf & ·p.p. of Dry-rub.
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Dry-rubbing
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Dry-rub.
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Dry-shod
·adj Without wetting the feet.
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Dry-stone
·adj Constructed of uncemented stone.
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Kiln-dry
·vt To dry in a kiln; as, to kiln-dry meal or grain.
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Smoke-dry
·vt To dry by or in smoke.
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dry bob
A smart repartee: also copulation without emission; in law Latin, siccus robertulus.
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dry boots
A sly humorous fellow.
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dry-blowing
n.
a Western Australian term ingold-mining.
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drop-dry
Completely water-tight.
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dry dock
An artificial receptacle for examining and repairing vessels. (See graving-dock.)
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dry ducking
Suspending a person by a rope a few yards above the surface of the water.
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dry flogging
Punishing over the clothes of a culprit.
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dry gales
Those storms which are accompanied with a clear sky, as the northers of the Gulf of Mexico, the harm...
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dry-rot
A disease destructive of timber, occasioned by a fungus, the Merulius lachrymans, which softens wood...
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dry rowing
"Row dry." Not to dash the spray with the blade of the oar in the faces of those in the stern-sheets...
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row dry!
The order to those who row, not to splash water into the boat.
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Argus-eyed
·adj Extremely observant; watchful; sharp-sighted.
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Bird-eyed
·adj Quick-sighted; catching a glance as one goes.
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Black-eyed
·adj Having black eyes.
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Blear-eyed
·adj Having sore eyes; having the eyes dim with rheum; dim-sighted.
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Blink-eyed
·adj Habitually winking.
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Blue-eyed
·adj Having blue eyes.
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Buck-eyed
·adj Having bad or speckled eyes.
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Cat-eyed
·adj Having eyes like a cat; hence, able to see in the dark.
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Cross-eyed
·adj Affected with strabismus; squint-eyed; squinting.
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Double-eyed
·adj Having a deceitful look.
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Dove-eyed
·adj Having eyes like a dove; meekeyed; as, dove-eyed Peace.
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Dull-eyed
·adj Having eyes wanting brightness, liveliness, or vivacity.
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Eagle-eyed
·adj Sharp-sighted as an <<Eagle>>.
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Evil-eyed
·adj Possessed of the supposed evil eye; also, looking with envy, jealousy, or bad design; malicious...
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Frog-eyed
·add. ·adj Spotted with whitish specks due to a disease, or produced artificially by spraying;
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Goggle-eyed
·adj Having prominent and distorted or rolling eyes.
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Green-eyed
·adj Having green eyes.
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Hawk-eyed
·adj Having a keen eye; sharpsighted; discerning.
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Lynx-eyed
·adj Having acute sight.
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Mole-eyed
·adj Having eyes like those of the mole; having imperfect sight.
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Moon-eyed
·adj Having eyes affected by the moon; moonblind; dim-eyed; purblind.
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Mope-eyed
·adj Shortsighted; purblind.
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Night-eyed
·adj Capable of seeing at night; sharp-eyed.
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Open-eyed
·adj With eyes widely open; watchful; vigilant.
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Owl-eyed
·adj Having eyes like an owl's.
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Pearl-eyed
·adj Having a pearly speck in the eye; afflicted with the cataract.
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Pig-eyed
·adj Having small, deep-set eyes.
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Pin-eyed
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Pink-eyed
·adj Having small eyes.
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Sessile-eyed
·adj Having eyes which are not elevated on a stalk;
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Squint-eyed
·adj Having eyes that quint; having eyes with axes not coincident; cross-eyed.
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Stalk-eyed
·adj Having the eyes raised on a stalk, or peduncle;
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Swivel-eyed
·adj Squint-eyed.
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Thrum-eyed
·adj Having the anthers raised above the stigma, and visible at the throat of the corolla, as in lon...
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Wall-eyed
·adj Having an eye of a very light gray or whitish color.
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Yellow-eyed
·adj Having yellow eyes.
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gimblet-eyed
Squinting, either in man or woman.
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gooseberry-eyed
One with dull grey eyes, like boiled gooseberries.
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gravy-eyed
Blear-eyed, one whose eyes have a running humour.
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swivel-eyed
Squinting.
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wapper-eyed
Sore-eyed.
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dry-bulb thermometer
The readings of this instrument, when compared with those of a wet-bulb thermometer, indicate the am...
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dry holy-stoning
See holy-stone.
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high-and-dry
The situation of a ship or other vessel which is aground, so as to be seen dry upon the strand when ...
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Black-eyed Susan
·add. ·- The bladder ketmie.
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Blue-eyed grass
·- a grasslike plant (Sisyrinchium anceps), with small flowers of a delicate blue color.
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moon-eyed hen
A squinting wench.
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cock-eyed bob
a local slang term in Western Australiafor a thunderstorm.
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thick-and-dry for weighing!
To clap on nippers closely, just at starting the anchor from the ground.
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