draw rein
         v 1: control and direct with or as if by reins; "rein a horse"
               [syn: {harness}, {rein in}, {draw rein}, {rein}]

English Dictionary: draw rein	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dreariness n extreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest [syn: boringness, dreariness, insipidness, insipidity]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dry run n a practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert); "he missed too many rehearsals"; "a rehearsal will be held the day before the wedding" Synonym(s): rehearsal, dry run
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
False \False\, a. [Compar. {Falser}; superl. {Falsest}.] [L.       falsus, p. p. of fallere to deceive; cf. OF. faus, fals, F.       faux, and AS. fals fraud. See {Fail}, {Fall}.]       1. Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit;             dishnest; as, a false witness.          2. Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance,             vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; as, a false             friend, lover, or subject; false to promises.                         I to myself was false, ere thou to me. --Milton.          3. Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or             likely to deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement.          4. Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive;             counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty;             false colors; false jewelry.                         False face must hide what the false heart doth know.                                                                               --Shak.          5. Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; as,             a false claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in             grammar.                         Whose false foundation waves have swept away.                                                                               --Spenser.          6. Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which             are temporary or supplemental.          7. (Mus.) Not in tune.          {False arch} (Arch.), a member having the appearance of an             arch, though not of arch construction.          {False attic}, an architectural erection above the main             cornice, concealing a roof, but not having windows or             inclosing rooms.          {False bearing}, any bearing which is not directly upon a             vertical support; thus, the weight carried by a corbel has             a false bearing.          {False cadence}, an imperfect or interrupted cadence.          {False conception} (Med.), an abnormal conception in which a             mole, or misshapen fleshy mass, is produced instead of a             properly organized fetus.          {False croup} (Med.), a spasmodic affection of the larynx             attended with the symptoms of membranous croup, but             unassociated with the deposit of a fibrinous membrane.          {False} {door [or] window} (Arch.), the representation of a             door or window, inserted to complete a series of doors or             windows or to give symmetry.          {False fire}, a combustible carried by vessels of war,             chiefly for signaling, but sometimes burned for the             purpose of deceiving an enemy; also, a light on shore for             decoying a vessel to destruction.          {False galena}. See {Blende}.          {False imprisonment} (Law), the arrest and imprisonment of a             person without warrant or cause, or contrary to law; or             the unlawful detaining of a person in custody.          {False keel} (Naut.), the timber below the main keel, used to             serve both as a protection and to increase the shio's             lateral resistance.          {False key}, a picklock.          {False leg}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Proleg}.          {False membrane} (Med.), the fibrinous deposit formed in             croup and diphtheria, and resembling in appearance an             animal membrane.          {False papers} (Naut.), documents carried by a ship giving             false representations respecting her cargo, destination,             ect., for the purpose of deceiving.          {False passage} (Surg.), an unnatural passage leading off             from a natural canal, such as the urethra, and produced             usually by the unskillful introduction of instruments.          {False personation} (Law), the intentional false assumption             of the name and personality of another.          {False pretenses} (Law), false representations concerning             past or present facts and events, for the purpose of             defrauding another.          {False rail} (Naut.), a thin piece of timber placed on top of             the head rail to strengthen it.          {False relation} (Mus.), a progression in harmony, in which a             certain note in a chord appears in the next chord prefixed             by a flat or sharp.          {False return} (Law), an untrue return made to a process by             the officer to whom it was delivered for execution.          {False ribs} (Anat.), the asternal rebs, of which there are             five pairs in man.          {False roof} (Arch.), the space between the upper ceiling and             the roof. --Oxford Gloss.          {False token}, a false mark or other symbol, used for             fraudulent purposes.          {False scorpion} (Zo[94]l.), any arachnid of the genus             {Chelifer}. See {Book scorpion}.          {False tack} (Naut.), a coming up into the wind and filling             away again on the same tack.          {False vampire} (Zo[94]l.), the {Vampyrus spectrum} of South             America, formerly erroneously supposed to have             blood-sucking habits; -- called also {vampire}, and {ghost             vampire}. The genuine blood-sucking bats belong to the             genera {Desmodus} and {Diphylla}. See {Vampire}.          {False window}. (Arch.) See {False door}, above.          {False wing}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Alula}, and {Bastard wing},             under {Bastard}.          {False works} (Civil Engin.), construction works to             facilitate the erection of the main work, as scaffolding,             bridge centering, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dreariment \Drear"i*ment\, n.       Dreariness. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dreariness \Drear"i*ness\, n.       1. Sorrow; wretchedness. [Obs.]          2. Dismalness; gloomy solitude.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drearing \Drear"ing\, n.       Sorrow. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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 Run, OH (CDP, FIPS 22674)       Location: 39.10430 N, 84.33066 W       Population (1990): 5389 (1701 housing units)       Area: 12.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)    Dry Run, PA       Zip code(s): 17220
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
dry run          To execute a program by hand, writing values of       variables and other run-time data on paper, in order to check       its operation or to track down a {bug}.   A dry run is an       extreme form of {desk check} and is practical only for fairly       simple programs and small amounts of data.          (1996-05-13)