fordry

verb, adj — 3 senses

verb

Etymology From Middle English fordrien, fordruien, fordruȝen, from Old English fordrūgian (“to become dry, wither”), equivalent to for- + dry.

To dry up; become dry.

To dry up; make dry.

adj

Etymology From Middle English fordruye, equivalent to for- (“very, excessively”) + dry.

Obsolete Very dry; withered.

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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