Dry"ad (?), n. [L. dryas, pl. dryades, Gr. &?;, pl. &?;, fr. &?; oak, tree. See Tree.] (Class. Myth.) A wood nymph; a nymph whose life was bound up with that of her tree.
||Dry*an"dra (?), n. [NL. Named after J. Dryander.] (Bot.) A genus of shrubs growing in Australia, having beautiful, hard, dry, evergreen leaves.
||Dry"as (?), n.; pl. Dryades (#). [L. See Dryad.] (Class. Myth.) A dryad.
Dry"-beat` (?), v. t. To beat severely. Shak.
Dry"-boned` (?), a. Having dry bones, or bones without flesh.
Dry" dock` (?). (Naut.) See under Dock.
Dry"er (?), n. See Drier. Sir W. Temple.
Dry"-eyed` (?), a. Not having tears in the eyes.
Dry"-fist`ed (?), a. Niggardly.
Dry"foot (?), n. The scent of the game, as far as it can be traced. [Obs.] Shak.
Dry" goods` (?). A commercial name for textile fabrics, cottons, woolens, linen, silks, laces, etc., -- in distinction from groceries. [U.S.]
Dry"ing, a. 1. Adapted or tending to exhaust moisture; as, a drying wind or day; a drying room.