dry-beat 
dry-beatt (dri'bet), r. t. To heat (a tiling) till 
it bc'coincs dry; lienrr. to beat severely. 
I will drii-h<-at you with mi iron nit. 
filmic., K. anil J., iv. :.. 
linn. Not our uii] d inon-, tin maid* ; lireiik off, break off. 
Birun. Hy hcuven, all ilru-beaten with pure wolf ! 
.s'/m/,-., L. L. L, v. 2. 
II' liy //'/ tfutiti'i linn mrjht make him at least sensible 
ofblous. .//. Tui/li'i-, \\orks (ed. 1S35), I. 834. 
dry-bone (dri'bon), M. In mining, the ore of 
nine, chiefly the silicate, which occurs, mixed 
with lead ore, iu the mines of the upper Missis- 
sippi lend region. 
dry-boned (dri'boud), a. Having dry bones; 
without llcsh. IIH/I. Diet. 
dry-castor (dri'ktis"tor), n. A species of bea- 
ver. Sometimes called parchment -hi-nm: 
dry-cup (dri'kup), v. t. To apply the cupping- 
trlass to without scarification. 
dry-cupping (dri'kup'ing), n. See cumring. 
dry-cure (dri'kur), v. t. To cure (fish, meat, 
hides, etc.) by salting and drying, as distin- 
guished from pickling. 
dry-ditcht (drvdich), v. t. To labor at without 
result, as one who digs a ditch in which no 
water will flow. 
There would lie no end to repeat with how many quar- 
rels this unfortunate Kishop wns provok'd, yet his adver- 
saries did hut tlry-ditrft their matters, and digged in vain, 
though they still cast up earth. 
Dp. llacket, Ahp. Williams, ii. 98. 
dry-dock (dri'dok), n. See docks. 
dryer, n. See drier. 
dry-eyed (dri'id), a. Tearless; not weeping. 
Sight so defurm what heart of rock could long 
llnj-fijnl behold t Hilton, P. L., xl. 495. 
dry-fatt (dri'fat), n. Same as dry-vat. 
dry-fistt (dri'fist), n. A niggardly person. Ford. 
dry-fisted (dri'fis'ted), a. Niggardly. 
Drying-tube. 
Dry-jlstefl patrons. 
New* from Parnassus. 
dryfoot (drl'fut), adv. [< ME. drye foot, dru 
fut, driii fot, drige fot, adverbial ace. ; AS. dat. 
pi. ilrygum fotum, on dry feet.] 1. With dry 
feet ; on dry land. 2. In the manner of a 
dog which pursues game by the scent of the 
foot. 
A hound that runs counter, and yet draws dry-foot well. 
Sluik., C. of E.,iv. 2. 
My old master intends to follow my young master, dry- 
foot, over Moorflelds to London. 
B. Jonson, Every Man in his Humour, ii. 2. 
dry-foundered (dn'fouu"derd), a. Foundered, 
as a horse. 
If he kick thus i' the dog-days, he will be drit-fouiider'tl. 
lleau. aiut ft,, King and No King, v. 3. 
dry-goods (dri'gudz), n. pi. Textile fabrics, 
aud related or analogous articles of trade (as 
cloth, shawls, blankets, ribbons, thread, yarn, 
hosiery, etc.), in distinction from groceries, 
hardware, etc. 
112 horses were laden on the beach near Benacre with 
dry yooils, . . . and on the 20th of the same month 40 
horses were laden with dry tjotids at Kartley by riders well 
armed. lifji. <>f lloitxe of Common* on Smuggling, 1745. 
dry-house (dri'hous), n. Same as drying-house. 
To have wooden bobbins retain their size and shape after 
they are put into a hot mill, the wood must be thoroughly 
seasoned in a good, well heated dry house. 
Manufacturers' Ken., XX. 217. 
drying (dri'ing), a. [Ppr. of dry, .] 1. Serv- 
ing to dry ; adapted to exhaust moisture : as, a 
driiiiuj wind or day. 2. Having the quality of 
rapidly becoming dry and hard: as, a dryitiii 
oil. See oil. 
drying-box (dri'ing-boks), n. In photog., an 
oven or a cupboard heated by a gas- or oil-stove, 
or otherwise, and used to dry and harden gela- 
tin plates, phototypes, etc. 
drying-case (dri'ing-kas), n. A copper case 
inclosed in a hot-water chamber, employed in 
drying tissues and hardening balsam prepara- 
tions for the microscope. 
drying-chamber (dri'mg-cham'ber), . See 
drying-floor (dri'mg-flor), n. See floor. 
drying-house (dri'ing-hous), n. A building, 
room, etc., in establishments of many different 
kinds, as gunpowder-works, dye-houses, fruit- 
drying establishments, etc., where goods or ma- 
terials are dried in an artificially raised tem- 
perature ; a drying-chamber. Also dry-house, 
<lri/in;i-rnom. 
drying-machine (dri'ing-ma-shen'), . A ma- 
chine used in bleaching, dyeing, and laundry 
establishments, consisting of two concentric 
drums or cylinders, one within the other, open 
at the top, aud having the inner cylinder per- 
forated with holes, The goods to be dried are placed 
1785 
within the Inner cylinder, and the machine is then made 
to rotate with great velocity, when, by the action of o-n- 
tritil'jal f.nvi-, tin- ati-r MCP through the holes. The 
;n -ti.'ii nf tlte drying machine is the satin- in principle as 
that witnessed \\hru ;i pt-iM.n trmnllt-s a niop to dry it. 
Also called t'jclrtii-tnr. 
drying-off (dri'ing-of), n. The process by 
which an amalgam of gold is evaporated, as in 
gilding. 
drying-plate (dri'ing-plat), n. One of a series 
of frames in a malt-kiln, covered with woven 
wire, and placed one over the other, so that 
the hot air from the flues beneath may ascend 
through them and dry malt placed in them, 
drying-tube (drl' ing-tub), n. A tube filled 
with some material having a great avidity for 
moisture, such as calcium 
chlorid, sulphuric acid, or 
phosphoric anhydrid, and used 
to dry a current of gas which 
is passed through it, or to 
retain the moisture evolved 
from a substance so that it 
can be weighed. 
Dryininae (dn-i-ni'ne), n. pi. 
[NL., < Dryinus + -iiue.] A 
subfamily of parasitic hyme- 
nopterous insects, of the fam- 
ily I'roctotrupidte, founded by 
Haliday in 1840. They are dis- 
tinguiahed by having a tongue-like 
addition to the hind wings, or, when the wings are want- 
ing in the female, by enlarged raptorial front feet. The 
wingless species resemble ants. 
Dryinus (dri'i-nus), n. [NL. (Latreille, 1804), 
< Or. Spvivof (of a tree, esp. of the oak) (= E. 
treen), < ipiif, a tree, the oak: see dryad.} 1. 
In entom., the typical genus of Dryinince, hav- 
ing the vertex impressed and the wings ample. 
It is wide-spread, and the species appear to be parasitic 
upon leaf-hoppers. D. atriventru of North America is an 
example. 
2. In herpet., a genus of whip-snakes, of the 
family Dryophidee, distinguished from Dryophis 
(which see) by having smooth instead of keeled 
scales. Merrem, 1820; Wagler. 
drylv, drily (dri'li), adv. [< dry + -ly*.] 1. 
Without moisture. 
It looks ill, it eats drily; marry, 'tis a withered pear. 
Shale., All's Well, I. 1. 
2. Without embellishment ; without anything 
to enliven, enrich, or entertain. 
The poet either drily didactive gives us rules which 
might appear abstruse even in a system of ethics, or tri- 
ningly volatile writes upon the most unworthy subjects. 
Goldsmith, The Augustan Age in England. 
3. Coldly ; frigidly ; without affection. 
Virtue is but dryly praised and starves. 
Dryden, tr. of Juvenal's Satires. 
4f. Severely; harshly; inconsiderately. 
Conscious to himself how dryly the king had been used 
by his council. liacun, Henry VII. 
5. With apparently unintentional or sly hu- 
mor or sarcasm. 
Drymodes (dri-mo'dez), i. [NL. (Gould, 1840), 
< Gr. Spv/tuir/r;, woody (of the wood), < ipvfitjf, a 
coppice, wood, an oak-coppice (< 6pi>s, a tree, 
esp. the oak), + eZooc, form.] A genus of Aus- 
tralian turdoid passerine birds. Its position is 
uncertain ; by some it is referred to a family 
Timeliidte. Also written Drymacedus. 
DrymO3Ca (dri-me'ka), n. [NL. (Drymoica 
Swainson, 1827), < Gr. tipvp6(, a coppice, + 
okof, house, > O'IKCIV, dwell.] 1. A genus of 
small dentirostral oscine passerine birds, con- 
taining numerous characteristic African spe- 
cies known as grass-warblers : now commonly 
merged in Cisticola. 2. [1. C.] A member of 
this genus. 
Also Drymoica. 
Drymomys (drim'o-mis), n. [NL. (Tschudi. 
1846), < Gr. 6pvp6f, a coppice, + five;, a mouse.] 
A notable genus of South American sigmodont 
rodents, of the family Muridie and subfamily 
MuritlfE. They have the upper lip cleft, the ears large, 
the tail long and scaly, the incisors furrowed on the sides, 
and the molars small, the first of them with 3 pairs of tu- 
bercles, the second with 2 pairs, and the third with 1 pair. 
dry-multure (dri'mul'tur), w. In Scots law, a 
sum of money or quantity of corn paid yearly 
to a mill, whether those liable in the payment 
grind their grain at the mill or not. See tltirl- 
atje. 
dryness (dri'nes), n. [Formerly also dritiess; 
< ME. drynesse, < AS. drygnvs, drignes, etc., < 
<lrti<ie,<by\ see dry &nd -ness.] The character or 
state of being dry. Specifically (a) Freedom from 
moisture ; lack of water or other fluid ; aridity ; aridness. 
(6) Barrenness; jejuneness; want of that which interests, 
enlivens, or entertains : as. the rfryn* 1 ** of style or expres- 
sion ; the dryneti of a subject, (c) Want of feeling or 
Dryolestes 
sensibility in devotion; want of ardor: as, drynttt of 
Spirit. ('/) 111 i"it, t l>,, ./. hul-lili! -- :in.| !<pim;ilit\ of out- 
line, or want of imdlowm-SH and harmony in color, (t) 
In gculjt.. want of (eridenif.s.s in JOHN. 
dry-nurse (dri'm-rsj, . 1. A nurse who at- 
tends and feeds a child, but does not suckle it. 
Compare wet-nurse. 2. One who stands to an- 
other in a relation somewhat similar; hence, es- 
pecially, an inferior who instructs his superior 
in his duties. [Slang.] 
Grand caterer aitd dry-nurse of the Church. Cowper. 
dry-nurse (dri'ners), v. t. 1. To feed, attend, 
and bring up without suckling. 2. To in- 
struct in tne duties of a higher rank or position 
than one's own. [Slang.] 
When a superior officer dots not know his duty, and is 
instructed in it by an inferior otlii TV. lit- i-< tsaid to he dry- 
nursed. The inferior nurses the superior as a dry-nurse 
rears an infant. Bmrer. 
Dryobalanpps (dri-o-bal'a-nops), n. [NL., < 
Gr. d/uof&i/avof, an "acorn" (< dpvf, a tree, esp. 
the oak, + pdfavoc,, an acorn or any similar 
fruit), T <JV> face, appearance.] A small ge- 
Flowcring Branch of Camphor-tree (Dtyobalanops arematica). 
nuso: 
terocarpeie. 
t trees, belonging to the natural order Di;>- 
trpeie, natives of the Malay archipelago. 
The principal species, />. aromatica, is remarkable as the 
source of the Borneo or Sumatra camphor, which is found 
tilling cracks or cavities in the wood. See camphor. 
Dryocopus (dri-ok'o-pus), n. [NL., < Gr. fpvf, a 
tree, esp. the oak, + -KOJTOC, < KOTTTCIV, cut.] 1. A 
genus of woodpeckers, of which the great black 
} . - 'ijtefr' - * 
>$^i 
Great Black Woodpecker (DryocopMS mant'Mj*. 
woodpecker of Europe, Dryocopns marlius, is 
the type. This bird Is one of the largest of its tribe, 
black with a scarlet crest, and resembles somewhat the 
ivory-billed and pileated woodpeckers of the Vnited States. 
It inhabits northerly portions of Europe. Boie, 1826. 
2. A genus of South American tree-creepers. 
Also Dendroeincla. Maximilian, 1831. 
Dryodromas (dri-od'ro-mas), n. [NL. (Hart- 
laub and Finsch, 1869), < Gr. ipvf, a tree, esp. 
the oak, + opo/zaf, running, < Spaficiv, run.] A 
genus of African warblers, the dryodromes, as 
/'. fiiirii-H/iilla of South Africa, 
dryodrome (dri'o-drom), w. A bird of the genus 
Dryodromas. 
Dryolestes (dri-o-les'tez). n. [NL., < Gr. opif, 
a tree, esp. the oak, + J.rjonyf, a robber.] A 
genus of fossil pautotheriau mammals of the 
