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   dooryard
         n 1: a yard outside the front or rear door of a house

English Dictionary: Dauerertrags by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dry rot
n
  1. a crumbling and drying of timber or bulbs or potatoes or fruit caused by a fungus
  2. a fungus causing dry rot
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dry-rot
v
  1. affect or be affected with dry rot
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Emu \E"mu\, n. [Cf. Pg. ema ostrich, F. [82]mou, [82]meu, emu.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      A large Australian bird, of two species ({Dromaius
      Nov[91]-Hollandi[91]} and {D. irroratus}), related to the
      cassowary and the ostrich. The emu runs swiftly, but is
      unable to fly. [Written also {emeu} and {emew}.]
  
      Note: The name is sometimes erroneously applied, by the
               Brazilians, to the rhea, or South American ostrich.
  
      {Emu wren}. See in the Vocabulary.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dearworth \Dear"worth`\, a. [See {Derworth}.]
      Precious. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Derworth \Der"worth\ (d[emac]r"w[etil]rth), a. [AS.
      de[a2]rwur[thorn]e, lit., dearworth.]
      Precious. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dooryard \Door"yard`\, n.
      A yard in front of a house or around the door of a house.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Drawrod \Draw"rod`\, n. (Railroad)
      A rod which unites the drawgear at opposite ends of the car,
      and bears the pull required to draw the train.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Drearihead \Drear"i*head\, Drearihood \Drear"i*hood\, n.
      Affliction; dreariness. [Obs.] --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Drearihead \Drear"i*head\, Drearihood \Drear"i*hood\, n.
      Affliction; dreariness. [Obs.] --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rot \Rot\, n.
      1. Process of rotting; decay; putrefaction.
  
      2. (Bot.) A disease or decay in fruits, leaves, or wood,
            supposed to be caused by minute fungi. See {Bitter rot},
            {Black rot}, etc., below.
  
      3. [Cf. G. rotz glanders.] A fatal distemper which attacks
            sheep and sometimes other animals. It is due to the
            presence of a parasitic worm in the liver or gall bladder.
            See 1st {Fluke}, 2.
  
                     His cattle must of rot and murrain die. --Milton.
  
      {Bitter rot} (Bot.), a disease of apples, caused by the
            fungus {Gl[91]osporium fructigenum}. --F. L. Scribner.
  
      {Black rot} (Bot.), a disease of grapevines, attacking the
            leaves and fruit, caused by the fungus {L[91]stadia
            Bidwellii}. --F. L. Scribner.
  
      {Dry rot} (Bot.) See under {Dry}.
  
      {Grinder's rot} (Med.) See under {Grinder}.
  
      {Potato rot}. (Bot.) See under {Potato}.
  
      {White rot} (Bot.), a disease of grapes, first appearing in
            whitish pustules on the fruit, caused by the fungus
            {Coniothyrium diplodiella}. --F. L. Scribner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dry \Dry\, a. [Compar. {Drier}; superl. {Driest}.] [OE. dru[?]e,
      druye, drie, AS. dryge; akin to LG. dr[94]ge, D. droog, OHG.
      trucchan, G. trocken, Icel. draugr a dry log. Cf. {Drought},
      {Drouth}, 3d {Drug}.]
      1. Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid;
            not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal
            supply of moisture, as rain or fluid of any kind; -- said
            especially:
            (a) Of the weather: Free from rain or mist.
  
                           The weather, we agreed, was too dry for the
                           season.                                       --Addison.
            (b) Of vegetable matter: Free from juices or sap; not
                  succulent; not green; as, dry wood or hay.
            (c) Of animals: Not giving milk; as, the cow is dry.
            (d) Of persons: Thirsty; needing drink.
  
                           Give the dry fool drink.               -- Shak
            (e) Of the eyes: Not shedding tears.
  
                           Not a dry eye was to be seen in the assembly. --
                                                                              Prescott.
            (f) (Med.) Of certain morbid conditions, in which there is
                  entire or comparative absence of moisture; as, dry
                  gangrene; dry catarrh.
  
      2. Destitute of that which interests or amuses; barren;
            unembellished; jejune; plain.
  
                     These epistles will become less dry, more
                     susceptible of ornament.                     --Pope.
  
      3. Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or
            hard; hence, sharp; keen; shrewd; quaint; as, a dry tone
            or manner; dry wit.
  
                     He was rather a dry, shrewd kind of body. --W.
                                                                              Irving.
  
      4. (Fine Arts) Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of
            execution, or the want of a delicate contour in form, and
            of easy transition in coloring.
  
      {Dry area} (Arch.), a small open space reserved outside the
            foundation of a building to guard it from damp.
  
      {Dry blow}.
            (a) (Med.) A blow which inflicts no wound, and causes no
                  effusion of blood.
            (b) A quick, sharp blow.
  
      {Dry bone} (Min.), Smithsonite, or carbonate of zinc; -- a
            miner's term.
  
      {Dry castor} (Zo[94]l.) a kind of beaver; -- called also
            {parchment beaver}.
  
      {Dry cupping}. (Med.) See under {Cupping}.
  
      {Dry dock}. See under {Dock}.
  
      {Dry fat}. See {Dry vat} (below).
  
      {Dry light}, pure unobstructed light; hence, a clear,
            impartial view. --Bacon.
  
                     The scientific man must keep his feelings under
                     stern control, lest they obtrude into his
                     researches, and color the dry light in which alone
                     science desires to see its objects.   -- J. C.
                                                                              Shairp.
  
      {Dry masonry}. See {Masonry}.
  
      {Dry measure}, a system of measures of volume for dry or
            coarse articles, by the bushel, peck, etc.
  
      {Dry pile} (Physics), a form of the Voltaic pile, constructed
            without the use of a liquid, affording a feeble current,
            and chiefly useful in the construction of electroscopes of
            great delicacy; -- called also {Zamboni's , from the names
            of the two earliest constructors of it.
  
      {Dry pipe} (Steam Engine), a pipe which conducts dry steam
            from a boiler.
  
      {Dry plate} (Photog.), a glass plate having a dry coating
            sensitive to light, upon which photographic negatives or
            pictures can be made, without moistening.
  
      {Dry-plate process}, the process of photographing with dry
            plates.
  
      {Dry point}. (Fine Arts)
            (a) An engraving made with the needle instead of the
                  burin, in which the work is done nearly as in etching,
                  but is finished without the use acid.
            (b) A print from such an engraving, usually upon paper.
            (c) Hence: The needle with which such an engraving is
                  made.
  
      {Dry rent} (Eng. Law), a rent reserved by deed, without a
            clause of distress. --Bouvier.
  
      {Dry rot}, a decay of timber, reducing its fibers to the
            condition of a dry powdery dust, often accompanied by the
            presence of a peculiar fungus ({Merulius lacrymans}),
            which is sometimes considered the cause of the decay; but
            it is more probable that the real cause is the
            decomposition of the wood itself. --D. C. Eaton. Called
            also {sap rot}, and, in the United States, {powder post}.
            --Hebert.
  
      {Dry stove}, a hothouse adapted to preserving the plants of
            arid climates. --Brande & C.
  
      {Dry vat}, a vat, basket, or other receptacle for dry
            articles.
  
      {Dry wine}, that in which the saccharine matter and
            fermentation were so exactly balanced, that they have
            wholly neutralized each other, and no sweetness is
            perceptible; -- opposed to {sweet wine}, in which the
            saccharine matter is in excess.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Dry Ridge, KY (city, FIPS 22582)
      Location: 38.68218 N, 84.59643 W
      Population (1990): 1601 (607 housing units)
      Area: 11.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 41035
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