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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: druse - dry-eyed</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="druse"> druse, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a crust of small crystals lining the sides of a cavity in a rock. <DD> 2. the crystal-lined cavity. </DL> <A NAME="druse"> Druse or Druze, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> one of a people or sect in Syria, Lebanon, and Israel, whose basically Moslem religion contains some Christian elements. </DL> <A NAME="drusean"> Drusean or Drusian, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with the Druses. </DL> <A NAME="drusy"> drusy, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. covered or lined with small projecting crystals. <DD> 2. (of a rock) containing crystal-lined cavities, or druses. </DL> <A NAME="druthers"> druthers, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Dialect.) what one prefers; choice. Ex. The mass of voters, if given their druthers, will vote for all spending projects and against all tax increases (Wall Street Journal). </DL> <A NAME="druzhinnik"> druzhinnik, noun, pl. -niki.<DL COMPACT><DD> a civilian auxiliary policeman in the former Soviet Union. Ex. The Druzhinniki ... are also to be found guarding courtrooms during political trials (London Times). </DL> <A NAME="drv"> DRV (no periods) or DRVN (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> Democratic Republic of Vietnam (formerly North Vietnam). </DL> <A NAME="dry"> dry, adjective, drier, driest, verb, dried, drying, noun, pl. drys or dries.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. not wet; not moist. Ex. dry clothes. Dust is dry. <DD> 2. having little or no rain. Ex. a dry season. Arizona has a dry climate. Here I am, an old man in a dry month, Being read to by a boy, waiting for rain (T. S. Eliot). (SYN) droughty. <DD> 3. having little or no natural or ordinary moisture. Ex. a dry tongue. <DD> 4. not giving milk. Ex. That cow has been dry for a month. <DD> 5. empty of water or other liquid; evaporated. Ex. I can't write with a dry fountain pen. The kettle has boiled dry. <DD> 6a. wanting a drink; thirsty. Ex. I'm dry after that hike. <DD> b. causing thirst. Ex. Cutting lawns is dry work. <DD> 7. not under, in, or on water. Ex. He was glad to be on dry land and away from the swamp. <DD> 8a. not liquid; solid. Ex. dry wares, dry cargo. <DD> b. of or having to do with nonliquid substances or commodities. Ex. dry measure. <DD> 9. not shedding or accompanied by tears. Ex. dry sobs. After the sad play there wasn't a dry eye in the theater. <DD> 10. not fresh. Ex. dry bread. <DD> 11. (Figurative.) showing no feeling; stiff; cold or restrained. Ex. a dry answer. <DD> 12. (Figurative.) quiet and intelligent; humorous in an unemotional or somewhat sarcastic way. Ex. His dry humor was said without a smile. <DD> 13. (Figurative.) not interesting; dull. Ex. a dry subject. A book full of facts and figures is dry. <DD> 14. (Figurative.) inactive; slow; barren. Ex. a dry business season. A dry period in politics ... left him without much to do (New Yorker). <DD> 15. free from sweetness or fruity flavor; low in sugar content. Ex. dry wine. <DD> 16. without mucus. Ex. a dry cough. <DD> 17a. (Informal.) having or favoring laws against making and selling alcoholic drinks. Ex. Oklahoma used to be a dry state. <DD> b. in abstention from drinking alcoholic beverages. Ex. Alcoholics must remain dry to cure themselves. <DD> 18. without butter. Ex. dry toast. <DD> 19. bald; plain; unadorned. Ex. a list of dry facts. <DD> 20. (Figurative.) having stiff and formal outlines, as a work of art. Ex. That painter's work is dry and without feeling. <DD> 21. (Military.) practiced or rehearsed without live ammuniton. <DD> 22. (Botany.) (of a simple fruit) characterized by the absence of moisture in the pericarp at maturity. <DD> 23. (of money) paid in cash. <DD> 24. (Obsolete.) without bloodshed. Ex. a dry blow, a dry fight. <DD>v.t. 1. to make dry. Ex. to dry one's eyes. <DD> 2. to wipe away. Ex. to dry one's tears. <DD> 3. to evaporate. <DD>v.i. 1. to become dry. Ex. Clothes dry in the sun. <DD> 2. to evaporate. Ex. A shallow puddle dries rapidly. <DD>noun 1. (Informal.) a person who favors laws against making and selling alcoholic drinks; prohibitionist. Ex. Mr. Sinclair concludes that if only the drys had accepted the limited notion of a ban on hard spirits, prohibition might have survived (Punch). <DD> 2. dryness; drought. Ex. Dead water during the dries, and a lake with two outlets after the annual rains (R. F. Burton). expr. dry out, to treat or be treated for alcoholic or drug addiction. Ex. If he agrees to try to give up drinking he will be dried out in the clinic (London Times). They are not only making firmer contacts with the addicts in the streets but also giving some of those they have "dried out" a purpose which helps them, too, to come off the drug (Manchester Guardian Weekly). expr. dry up, <DD> a. to make or become completely dry. Ex. The wells all dried up during the drought. <DD> b. (Slang.) to stop talking. Ex. When first-rate directors talk like third-rate intellectuals, it's time for someone to tell them to dry up (New Statesman). <DD> c. to stop; run out; go out of existence. Ex. It is highly probable that without profit the illicit channels would close and the supply of narcotics would dry up (Wall Street Journal). <DD> d. (of an actor) to forget one's words. Ex. No matter how well you knew your words, you'd dry up when you got before the footlights (George Moore). </DL> <A NAME="dryad"> dryad or Dryad, noun, pl. -ads, -ades.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Greek Mythology.) a nymph that lives in a tree; wood nymph; hamadryad. Ex. Knock at the rough rind of this ilex-tree, and summon forth the Dryad! (Hawthorne). </DL> <A NAME="dryadic"> dryadic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with dryads. </DL> <A NAME="dryasdust"> dryasdust, noun. =pedant.</DL> <A NAME="dryasdust"> dry-as-dust, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> very dry or uninteresting; overly pedantic; spiritless; prosaic. Ex. a dry-as-dust lecture, a dry-as-dust teacher. </DL> <A NAME="drybattery"> dry battery,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a set of dry cells connected to produce electric current. <DD> 2. a dry cell. </DL> <A NAME="drybean"> dry bean,<DL COMPACT><DD> a fully ripe navy bean. </DL> <A NAME="drybob"> dry bob,<DL COMPACT><DD> (British Slang.) a person, especially a schoolboy, who engages in such sports as cricket and Rugby. </DL> <A NAME="dryboneore"> dry bone ore, =smithsonite.</DL> <A NAME="drybrush"> dry-brush, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with a technique of water-color painting done with concentrated paint on a brush that is almost dry. </DL> <A NAME="drybulbthermometer"> dry-bulb thermometer,<DL COMPACT><DD> the one of the two thermometers of a psychrometer whose bulb is kept dry when humidity determinations are being made. </DL> <A NAME="drycamp"> dry camp,<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a camp or halt where there is no water. Ex. We must make a dry camp tonight (J. H. Beadle). </DL> <A NAME="drycell"> dry cell,<DL COMPACT><DD> an electric cell in which the chemical producing the current is made into a paste with gelatin, sawdust, or the like, so that its contents cannot spill. </DL> <A NAME="drycereal"> dry cereal,<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various types of breakfast cereal eaten without further cooking or preparation, usually with milk or cream. </DL> <A NAME="dryclean"> dry-clean, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to clean (clothes or other cloth articles) with naphtha, benzine, or the like, and little or no water. <DD>v.i. to undergo dry cleaning. Ex. It dry-cleans beautifully and wrinkles hang out (New York Times). </DL> <A NAME="drycleanable"> dry-cleanable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be dry-cleaned. Ex. a dry-cleanable sheepskin coat. </DL> <A NAME="drycleaner"> dry cleaner,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person or business that does dry cleaning. <DD> 2. naphtha, benzine, or the like, used in dry cleaning. </DL> <A NAME="drycleaning"> dry cleaning,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the cleaning of cloth with little or no water, using liquids such as naphtha or benzine. <DD> 2. clothes or other articles that have been dry-cleaned. Ex. to pick up some dry cleaning. </DL> <A NAME="drycleanse"> dry-cleanse, transitive verb, -cleansed, -cleansing. =dry-clean.</DL> <A NAME="drycure"> dry-cure, transitive verb, -cured, -curing.<DL COMPACT><DD> to cure (meat) by salting and drying. </DL> <A NAME="drydistillation"> dry distillation,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Chemistry.) destructive distillation as applied to the decomposition of wood, coal, or other substance, by heat to yield liquid products; pyrolysis. Dry distillation is not a true distillation, since the original substances are changed in the process. </DL> <A NAME="drydock"> dry dock,<DL COMPACT><DD> a dock built watertight so that the water may be pumped out or kept high. Dry docks are used for repairing or building ships. Ex. The dry dock, which will form an essential part of Pakistan's shipbuilding programme, will accommodate vessels of up to 12,000 tons (London Times). </DL> <A NAME="drydock"> dry-dock, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to place (a ship) in a dry dock. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) to suspend the duties of (a person). <DD>v.i. 1. to go into dry dock. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) to be relieved of one's duties. </DL> <A NAME="dryer"> dryer, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a device or machine that removes water especially by heat or air. Ex. a hair dryer, a clothes dryer. <DD> 2. =drier (def. 3). </DL> <A NAME="dryeyed"> dry-eyed, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> unable to weep; tearless. Ex. The next day I packed my bag and took dry-eyed leave of the Morpions (Punch). </DL> <A HREF="dryfarm.dic">NEXT</A>