Fordry
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To dry up; become dry. intransitive
- 2 To dry up; make dry. transitive
- 1 Very dry; withered. obsolete
"1387-1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Squire's Tale. Amid a tree fordry, as white as chalk, As Canacé was playing in her walk, There sat a falcon o'er her head full high, That with a piteous voice so gan to cry, […]"
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More examples"1387-1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Squire's Tale. Amid a tree fordry, as white as chalk, As Canacé was playing in her walk, There sat a falcon o'er her head full high, That with a piteous voice so gan to cry, […]"
Etymology
From Middle English fordrien, fordruien, fordruȝen, from Old English fordrūgian (“to become dry, wither”), equivalent to for- + dry.
From Middle English fordruye, equivalent to for- (“very, excessively”) + dry.
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