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drīe
adj.(1)
207 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) Not humid, moist, or drenched; dry; (b) of land: not flooded or submerged; also, not wet or sodden;
comen (driven) to drie lond
, to come (drive) ashore; (c) not moistened or soaked;
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