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1. dry, adj. and adv. View full entry c888
...Destitute of or free from moisture; not wet or moist; arid; of the eyes, free from tears....
2. dry, v. View full entry c888
...trans. To make dry (e.g. by wiping, rubbing, exposure to heat or air, draining, etc.); to rid, deprive, or exhaust of moisture; to desiccate....
3. nose, n. View full entry eOE
...That part (usually more or less prominent) of the head or face in humans and other mammals which lies above the mouth and contains the nostrils, and functions as the organ of...
4. on, adv., adj., and n.1 View full entry eOE
...Into the position of being supported by the upper surface of something. Cf. sense A. 9b....
5. puff, n. and adj. View full entry lOE
...The action of puffing; a sudden brief burst of wind or expelled breath; an abrupt emission of air, vapour, or smoke. Also fig....
6. sick, adj. and n. View full entry c888
...Suffering from illness of any kind; ill, unwell, ailing. Also, to go sick, to become ill, to report sick....
7. stem, n.1 View full entry c888
...The main body (usually more or less cylindrical) of the portion above ground of a tree, shrub, or other plant; a trunk, stock, stalk. (Ordinarily implying a greater degree of slenderness than...
8. weed, n.1 View full entry c888
...A herbaceous plant not valued for use or beauty, growing wild and rank, and regarded as cumbering the ground or hindering the growth of superior vegetation....
9. white, adj. View full entry c888
...Of the colour of snow or milk; having that colour produced by reflection, transmission, or emission of all kinds of light in the proportion in which they exist in the complete visible...
