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Word Meanings - DRYNESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The state of being dry. See Dry.

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  • THIRSTILY
    In a thirsty manner.
  • ARIDITY
    1. The state or quality of being arid or without moisture; dryness. 2. Fig.: Want of interest of feeling; insensibility; dryness of style or feeling; spiritual drought. Norris.
  • DROUGHTY
    1. Characterized by drought; wanting rain; arid; adust. Droughty and parched countries. Ray. 2. Dry; thirsty; wanting drink. Thy droughty throat. Philips.
  • THIRSTY
    1. Feeling thirst; having a painful or distressing sensation from want of drink; hence, having an eager desire. Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink, for I am thirsty. Judges iv. 19. 2. Deficient in moisture; dry; parched. A
  • PARCHING
    Scorching; burning; drying. "Summer's parching heat." Shak. -- Parch"ing*ly, adv.
  • PARCH
    1. To burn the surface of; to scorch; to roast over the fire, as dry grain; as, to parch the skin; to parch corn. Ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn. Lev. xxiii. 14. 2. To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat; as, the mouth is parched
  • PARCHMENTIZE
    To convert to a parchmentlike substance, esp. by sulphuric acid.
  • PARCHEESI
    See PACHISI
  • THIRSTINESS
    The state of being thirsty; thirst.
  • PARCHEDNESS
    The state of being parched.
  • DRYNESS
    The state of being dry. See Dry.
  • PARCHESI
    See PACHISI
  • DROUGHTINESS
    A state of dryness of the weather; want of rain.
  • PARCHMENT
    pergamenum, L. pergamena, pergamina, fr. L. Pergamenus of or belonging to Pergamus an ancient city of Mysia in Asia Minor, where 1. The skin of a lamb, sheep, goat, young calf, or other animal, prepared for writing on. See Vellum. But here's a
  • THIRST
    dorst, OS. thurst, G. durst, Icel. þorsti, Sw. & Dan. törst, Goth. þaúrstei thirst, þaúrsus dry, withered, þaúrsieþ mik I thirst, gaþaírsan to wither, L. torrere to parch, Gr. te`rsesqai to become 1. A sensation of dryness in the throat
  • THIRSTLE
    The throstle.
  • THIRSTER
    One who thirsts.
  • DROUGHT
    to dry. See Dry, and cf. Drouth, which shows the original final 1. Dryness; want of rain or of water; especially, such dryness of the weather as affects the earth, and prevents the growth of plants; aridity. The drought of March hath pierced to
  • TOPARCH
    The ruler or principal man in a place or country; the governor of a toparchy. The prince and toparch of that country. Fuller.
  • EPARCH
    In ancient Greece, the governor or perfect of a province; in modern Greece, the ruler of an eparchy.
  • EPARCHY
    A province, prefecture, or territory, under the jurisdiction of an eparch or governor; esp., in modern Greece, one of the larger subdivisions of a monarchy or province of the kingdom; in Russia, a diocese or archdiocese.
  • TOPARCHY
    A small state, consisting of a few cities or towns; a petty country governed by a toparch; as, Judea was formerly divided into ten toparchies. Fuller.
  • INTHIRST
    To make thirsty.
  • PACHISI; PARCHESI; PARCHISI; PARCHEESI
    A game adopted from the Indian game, using disks, as of pasteboard, and dice.
  • PACHISI; PARCHESI
    A game, somewhat resembling backgammon, originating in India.
  • UNPARCHED
    Dried up; withered by heat. "My tongue . . . unparched." Crashaw.

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