adryadv.adj.

Brit.

/əˈdrʌɪ/, U.S.

/əˈdraɪ/

Forms: 1500s adrie, 1500s– adry, 1600s adrye.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: a- prefix³, dry v., dry adj.

Etymology: < a- prefix³ + either dry v. or dry adj., perhaps after formations such as athirst adj. or acold adj.

Now rare.

A. adv.

In a dry or thirsty condition. poetic in later use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > [adverb]

thirstily1549

adry1578

thirstingly1619

with (one's) tongue hanging out1897

the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [adverb]

dryly1562

adry1578

1578 G. Best True Disc. Passage to Cathaya iii.23 Many of the ships..they might perciue to ly a drie, hauyng not halfe a foote water more than some of their ships did draw.

1714 J. Gay Shepherd's Week i. 115 Your herds for want of water stand adry.

1787 W. Hutchinson Treat. Pract. Seamanship (ed. 2) 19 I told him that the curve of her bottom and keel was carried to an extreme; for in case of coming aground and adry.

a1864 J. Clare MS Poems (1921) 156 The ploughman....Said he'd help them [carry a hogshead of ale]..ere he'd keep them adry.

1922 E. Blunden Shepherd 41 Who..hung me in the prison-house adry From the great crossbeam.

B. adj.

In predicative use. Dry; thirsty. Later chiefly English regional (southern).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > [adjective]

thirstyc950

ofthirstOE

athirstc1305

thirstinga1382

dry1406

thirstlewc1425

altered1596

adry1599

droughty1626

chapped1673

bone-dry1920

the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [adjective]

dryc1000

unmoista1425

unwet1433

moistless1592

adry1599

1599 Warning for Faire Women ii. 610 Nay, prethee fill my cup..How say you now, sir? was I not a-dry?

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. iii. iii. i. 263 You may as well bid him that is sick of an ague, not to be adry.

a1665 K. Digby Jrnl. Voy. to Mediterranean (1868) 94 Att the ebbe shee [sc. the ship] remained all adrye.

1724 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1886) II. 52 Which stones..are adry only on spring tydes.

1844 T. Hood Haunted House i, in Hood's Mag. Jan. 4 The Fountain was a-dry.

1848 J. G. Saxe in Sartain's Union Mag. 2 238/1 For, all a-dry, they [sc. men] burn like any tinder, Beneath the solar blaze.

1883 W. H. Cope Gloss. Hampshire Words 1 Adry, thirsty.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	adry
释义	adryadv.adj. Brit. /əˈdrʌɪ/, U.S. /əˈdraɪ/ Forms: 1500s adrie, 1500s– adry, 1600s adrye. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: a- prefix³, dry v., dry adj. Etymology: < a- prefix³ + either dry v. or dry adj., perhaps after formations such as athirst adj. or acold adj. Now rare. A. adv. In a dry or thirsty condition. poetic in later use. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > [adverb] thirstily1549 adry1578 thirstingly1619 with (one's) tongue hanging out1897 the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [adverb] dryly1562 adry1578 1578 G. Best True Disc. Passage to Cathaya iii.23 Many of the ships..they might perciue to ly a drie, hauyng not halfe a foote water more than some of their ships did draw. 1714 J. Gay Shepherd's Week i. 115 Your herds for want of water stand adry. 1787 W. Hutchinson Treat. Pract. Seamanship (ed. 2) 19 I told him that the curve of her bottom and keel was carried to an extreme; for in case of coming aground and adry. a1864 J. Clare MS Poems (1921) 156 The ploughman....Said he'd help them [carry a hogshead of ale]..ere he'd keep them adry. 1922 E. Blunden Shepherd 41 Who..hung me in the prison-house adry From the great crossbeam. B. adj. In predicative use. Dry; thirsty. Later chiefly English regional (southern). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > [adjective] thirstyc950 ofthirstOE athirstc1305 thirstinga1382 dry1406 thirstlewc1425 altered1596 adry1599 droughty1626 chapped1673 bone-dry1920 the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [adjective] dryc1000 unmoista1425 unwet1433 moistless1592 adry1599 1599 Warning for Faire Women ii. 610 Nay, prethee fill my cup..How say you now, sir? was I not a-dry? 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. iii. iii. i. 263 You may as well bid him that is sick of an ague, not to be adry. a1665 K. Digby Jrnl. Voy. to Mediterranean (1868) 94 Att the ebbe shee [sc. the ship] remained all adrye. 1724 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1886) II. 52 Which stones..are adry only on spring tydes. 1844 T. Hood Haunted House i, in Hood's Mag. Jan. 4 The Fountain was a-dry. 1848 J. G. Saxe in Sartain's Union Mag. 2 238/1 For, all a-dry, they [sc. men] burn like any tinder, Beneath the solar blaze. 1883 W. H. Cope Gloss. Hampshire Words 1 Adry, thirsty. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.adj.1578
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