1. (law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower
   - jointure

Type of: estate

• dry point
• dry quart
• dry run
• dry season
• dry socket
• dry unit
• dry up
• dry vermouth
• dry walling
• dry wash
• dry-bulb thermometer
• dry-cleaned
• dry-eyed
• dry-gulching
• dry-rot
• dry-shod
• dry-stone wall
• dry-wood termite
• dryad
• Dryadella
• Dryas
• Dryas octopetala
• Dryden
• drydock
• dryer