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Webster 1913 Edition
Dryness
Webster 1828 Edition
Dryness
DRYNESS
,Noun.
1.
Destitution of moisture; want of water or other fluid; siccity; a aridity; aridness; as the dryness of a soil; dryness of the road.2.
Want of rain; as dryness of weather.3.
Want of juice or succulence; as dryness of the bones or fibers.4.
Want of succulence or greenness; as the dryness of hay or corn.5.
Barrenness; jejuneness; want of ornament or pathos; want of that which enlivens and entertains; as the dryness of style or expression; the dryness of a subject.6.
Want of feeling or sensibility in devotion; want of ardor; as dryness of spirit.