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† ˈdry-fist Obs. [cf. dry a. 15 b.] A niggardly or stingy person. So † ˈdry-ˌfisted a., niggardly, miserly, stingy.1604 Dekker Honest Wh. Wks. 1873 II. 28 Of all filthy dryfisted Knights. 1607 ― Knts. Conjur. (1842) 76 Nash inueyed bitterly..against dryfisted patrons. 1633 Ford Love's Sacr. iii. i, ...
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▪ I. dry, a. (adv.) (draɪ) Forms: 1 dr{yacu}ᵹe, dr{iacu}ᵹe, 2–4 driȝe, drei(e, 3 druie, (Orm.) driȝȝe, 3–4 druye, drue, 3–7 drie, 4 dryȝe, druiȝe, druyȝe, draye, dreȝe, drey(e, dri, 4–7 drye, 6 drygh, drigh, 4– dry. [OE. dr{yacu}ᵹe (:—*drûgi-) in ablaut relation with MDu. dröghe, drōghe, Du. droog, ...
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