No one saw more distinctly the absolute necessity of its fullest recognition in a moneymaking age and in a money-making land, if the spread of the dry rot of moral deterioration were to be prevented.
It was found, to use the slang of the dry-goods shops, that it would not wash, for there were liable to crowd into it at any moment those who had in fact washed for a living.
They will keep, either shelled or inthe dry pods, for winter.
It should be put on so sparingly as to be barely visible; but its presence will soon be denoted by the moist spot, looking like a big rain drop, which each particle of it makes in the dry soil.
From now on keep at the required temperature and water thoroughly on bright mornings as often as the soil in the flats gets on the dry side, as gardeners say--indicated by the whitening and crusting of the surface.
It isthe dry squeak of the planes in your own hand that you keep hearing, so go on with your work, you son of a beldame.
Company's big store at Dawson, on a morning of crisp frost, that Lucille Arral beckoned Smoke Bellew over to the dry-goods counter.
In the morning Smoke chanced upon Lucille Arral again at the dry-goods counter of the A.
Famishing, shipwrecked or marooned, he fought with the big Pacific surf for rock-clinging mussels, and carried them up the sands to the dry flotsam of the spring tides.
This is the dry-plate process in general use, and plates of extreme sensitiveness are produced by it.
One of the dry table-lands of South Africa, which often rise terracelike to considerable elevations.
The solid materials which make up the globe, in distinction from the air or water; the dry land.
There had been such a day when they were down on the river in the dry year, looking over the land.
When I was on the train this morning, and we got near Hanover, I felt something like I did when I drove back with Emil from the river that time, in the dry year.
Groaning and mumbling he led her out of the gate and helped her into the cart, wrapping her in the dry blankets on which he had been sitting.
The rich soil yields heavy harvests; the dry, bracing climate and the smoothness of the land make labor easy for men and beasts.
Almost the only good place for them was in the dry beds of the streams in the forest, where, at damp places, muddy pools, or even on the dry rocks, all sorts of insects could be found.
Although this was the height ofthe dry season, and there was a fine wind all day, it was by no means a healthy time of year.
In the east of Java I had suffered from the intense heat and drought of the dry season, which had been very inimical to insect life.
Its mouth is narrow, but, the natives told me, always deep, even in the height of the dry season.
The day soon grew dull, and looked threatening, after the delusive manner of the dry season.
The power of giving or withholding rain is ascribed to him, and he is lord of the winds, including the Harmattan, the dry, hot wind which blows from the interior.
Every year, at the beginning of the dry season, the Nicobar Islanders carry the model of a ship through their villages.
Our resting-place was on the dry, rocky bed of the river, close to the edge of the shallow but clear stream that rippled over the uneven surface.
In the dry weather, water is obtained by wells dug in the sandy bed, but during the rains it is a simple torrent not exceeding three feet in depth.
THE country was park-like, but much parched by the dry weather.
The river was now at its maximum, and had risen at this spot from the lowest level of the dry season, fourteen feet and one inch.
On arrival at the drybed of a broad stream, we ascended a slope, and to my astonishment I noticed a considerable body of natives who neither ran away nor appeared hostile in their demeanour.
The dry land, which is only exposed during the hot season, is the result of the decay of vegetable matter.
All day these faithful guardians have been with their flocks seeking good pasture and water for them,--no easy task in the fall of the year near the end of the dry season.
The storms beat upon the mountains and the waters rushed in madness to the valley in the rainy season, and the sun scorched the vegetation and dried up the fountains in the dry season.
After winding about for some time among the rocks and brush in the dry bed of this wady we finally halt at Ain Jenneh, a good, strong fountain issuing from under a great rock.
For who can bring the glowing coal to the dry-leafed woods without these two begetting the dread red fury that devastates the hills?
It is often seen hopping directly on the dry ground, where it places its nest, and it never mounts far above it.
But the immediate effect of discontinuing irrigation would be, first, an immense reduction of the evaporation from the valley in the dry season, and then a greatly augmented dryness and heat of the atmosphere.
To the dry ingredients, add 1 teaspoonful of baking powder.
In the dry state, yeast plants do not grow, but remain inactive until they are subjected to conditions favorable for growth.
Then add some of the milk and part of the dry ingredients.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "the dry" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
