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Webster 1913 Edition


Fordry

For-dry′

,
Adj.
Entirely dry; withered.
[Obs.]
“A tree fordry.”
Chaucer.

Definition 2024


fordry

fordry

English

Verb

fordry (third-person singular simple present fordries, present participle fordrying, simple past and past participle fordried)

  1. (intransitive) To dry up; become dry.
  2. (transitive) To dry up; make dry.

Etymology 2

From Middle English fordruye, equivalent to for- (very, excessively) + dry.

Adjective

fordry (comparative fordrier, superlative fordriest)

  1. (obsolete) Very dry; withered.