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▪ I. † forˈdry, v. Obs. [OE. fordrúᵹian (intr.), f. for-1 + drúᵹian to dry. The trans. use is f. for-1 + dry a.] intr. To dry up.
a1000Boeth. Metr. xx. 207 Hio wære fordrugod to duste. a1225Ancr. R. 148 Ant te grene bowes beoð al uordruwede. a1350Leben Jesu 596 Ase a luþur braunche, and fur druyt. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. ix. vi. (Tollem. MS.) Þe sonne..ripeþ frutes and flouris..and fordrieþ and wasteþ superfluiteis. Ibid. xvii. xiii. (1495), Pouder therof layed therto fordrieth the bleding. 1413Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton 1483) iii. iii. 51 Some of them were all fordryed and lene. 1494Fabyan Chron. vii. ccxxvii. 256 The ryuer of Trent was so fordryd..yt men went ouer drye. ▪ II. fordry, -dull see for- prefix1 10. |