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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wine \Wine\, n. [OE. win, AS win, fr L. vinum (cf. Icel. v[=i]n; all from the Latin); akin to Gr o'i^nos, ?, and E. withy. Cf {Vine}, {Vineyard}, {Vinous}, {Withy}.] 1. The expressed juice of grapes, esp. when fermented; a beverage or liquor prepared from grapes by squeezing out their juice, and (usually) allowing it to ferment. ``Red wine of Gascoigne.'' --Piers Plowman. Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. --Prov. xx 1. Bacchus, that first from out the purple grape Crushed the sweet poison of misused wine. --Milton. Note: Wine is essentially a dilute solution of ethyl alcohol, containing also certain small quantities of ethers and ethereal salts which give character and bouquet. According to their color, strength, taste, etc., wines are called {red}, {white}, {spirituous}, {dry}, {light}, {still}, etc 2. A liquor or beverage prepared from the juice of any fruit or plant by a process similar to that for grape wine; as currant wine; gooseberry wine; palm wine. 3. The effect of drinking wine in excess; intoxication. Noah awoke from his wine. --Gen. ix 24. {Birch wine}, {Cape wine}, etc See under {Birch}, {Cape}, etc {Spirit of wine}. See under {Spirit}. {To have drunk wine of ape} or {wine ape}, to be so drunk as to be foolish. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Wine acid}. (Chem.) See {Tartaric acid}, under {Tartaric}. [Colloq.] {Wine apple} (Bot.), a large red apple, with firm flesh and a rich, vinous flavor. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dry \Dry\, a. [Compar. {Drier}; superl. {Driest}.] [OE. dru?e, druye, drie, AS dryge akin to LG dr["o]ge, D. droog, OHG. trucchan G. trocken Icel. draugr a dry log Cf {Drought}, {Drouth}, 3d {Drug}.] 1. Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid; not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as rain or fluid of any kind -- said especially: a Of the weather: Free from rain or mist. The weather, we agreed, was too dry for the season. --Addison. b Of vegetable matter: Free from juices or sap; not succulent; not green; as dry wood or hay. c Of animals: Not giving milk; as the cow is dry. d Of persons: Thirsty; needing drink. Give the dry fool drink. -- Shak e Of the eyes: Not shedding tears. Not a dry eye was to be seen in the assembly. -- Prescott. f (Med.) Of certain morbid conditions, in which there is entire or comparative absence of moisture; as dry gangrene; dry catarrh. 2. Destitute of that which interests or amuses; barren; unembellished; jejune; plain. These epistles will become less dry, more susceptible of ornament. --Pope. 3. Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or hard; hence sharp; keen; shrewd; quaint; as a dry tone or manner; dry wit. He was rather a dry, shrewd kind of body. --W. Irving. 4. (Fine Arts) Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of execution, or the want of a delicate contour in form and of easy transition in coloring. {Dry area} (Arch.), a small open space reserved outside the foundation of a building to guard it from damp. {Dry blow}. a (Med.) A blow which inflicts no wound, and causes no effusion of blood. b A quick, sharp blow. {Dry bone} (Min.), Smithsonite, or carbonate of zinc; -- a miner's term. {Dry castor} (Zo["o]l.) a kind of beaver; -- called also {parchment beaver}. {Dry cupping}. (Med.) See under {Cupping}. {Dry dock}. See under {Dock}. {Dry fat}. See {Dry vat} (below). {Dry light}, pure unobstructed light; hence a clear, impartial view. --Bacon. The scientific man must keep his feelings under stern control, lest they obtrude into his researches, and color the dry light in which alone science desires to see its objects. -- J. C. Shairp {Dry masonry}. See {Masonry}. {Dry measure}, a system of measures of volume for dry or coarse articles, by the bushel, peck, etc {Dry pile} (Physics), a form of the Voltaic pile, constructed without the use of a liquid, affording a feeble current, and chiefly useful in the construction of electroscopes of great delicacy; -- called also {Zamboni's , from the names of the two earliest constructors of it {Dry pipe} (Steam Engine), a pipe which conducts dry steam from a boiler. {Dry plate} (Photog.), a glass plate having a dry coating sensitive to light, upon which photographic negatives or pictures can be made without moistening. {Dry-plate process}, the process of photographing with dry plates. {Dry point}. (Fine Arts) a An engraving made with the needle instead of the burin, in which the work is done nearly as in etching, but is finished without the use acid. b A print from such an engraving, usually upon paper. c Hence: The needle with which such an engraving is made {Dry rent} (Eng. Law), a rent reserved by deed, without a clause of distress. --Bouvier. {Dry rot}, a decay of timber, reducing its fibers to the condition of a dry powdery dust, often accompanied by the presence of a peculiar fungus ({Merulius lacrymans}), which is sometimes considered the cause of the decay; but it is more probable that the real cause is the decomposition of the wood itself --D. C. Eaton. Called also {sap rot}, and in the United States, {powder post}. --Hebert. {Dry stove}, a hothouse adapted to preserving the plants of arid climates. --Brande & C. {Dry vat}, a vat, basket, or other receptacle for dry articles. {Dry wine}, that in which the saccharine matter and fermentation were so exactly balanced, that they have wholly neutralized each other and no sweetness is perceptible; -- opposed to {sweet wine}, in which the saccharine matter is in excess. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dry \Dry\, v. i. 1. To grow dry; to become free from wetness, moisture, or juice; as the road dries rapidly. 2. To evaporate wholly; to be exhaled; -- said of moisture, or a liquid; -- sometimes with up as the stream dries, or dries up 3. To shrivel or wither; to lose vitality. And his hand, which he put forth against him dried up so that he could not pull it in again to him --I Kings xiii. 4. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dry \Dry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dried}; p. pr & vb n. {Drying}.] [AS. drygan cf drugian to grow dry. See {Dry}, a.] To make dry; to free from water, or from moisture of any kind and by any means to exsiccate; as to dry the eyes; to dry one's tears; the wind dries the earth; to dry a wet cloth; to dry hay. {To dry up}. a To scorch or parch with thirst; to deprive utterly of water; to consume. Their honorable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst. -- Is v. 13. The water of the sea, which formerly covered it was in time exhaled and dried up by the sun. --Woodward. b To make to cease, as a stream of talk. Their sources of revenue were dried up -- Jowett (Thucyd. ) {To dry, or dry up}, {a cow}, to cause a cow to cease secreting milk. --Tylor. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dry adj 1: free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet; "dry land"; "dry clothes"; "a dry climate"; "dry splintery boards"; "a dry river bed"; "the paint is dry" [ant: {wet}] 2: humorously sarcastic or mocking; "dry humor"; "an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely"; "an ironic novel"; "an ironical smile"; "with a wry Scottish wit" [syn: {ironic}, {ironical}, {wry}] 3: opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages; "the dry vote led by preachers and bootleggers"; "a dry state" [ant: {wet}] 4: not producing milk; "a dry cow" [ant: {wet}] 5: (of wines) not sweet because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation; "a dry white burgundy" [ant: {sweet}] 6: without a mucous or watery discharge; "a dry cough"; "that rare thing in the wintertime; a small child with a dry nose" [ant: {phlegmy}] 7: not shedding tears; "dry sobs"; "with dry eyes" 8: lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless; "a dry book"; "a dry lecture filled with trivial details"; "dull and juiceless as only book knowledge can be when it is unrelated to...life"- John Mason Brown [syn: {juiceless}] 9: used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones; "dry weight" 10: unproductive especially of the expected results; "a dry run"; "a mind dry of new ideas" 11: having no adornment or coloration; "dry facts"; "rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner" 12: (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish; "dry toast"; "dry meat" 13: suffering from fluid deprivation; "his mouth was dry" 14: having a large proportion of strong liquor; "a very dry martini is almost straight gin" 15: lacking warmth or emotional involvement; "a dry greeting"; "a dry reading of the lines"; "a dry critique" 16: practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages; "he's been dry for ten years"; "no thank you I happen to be teetotal" [syn: {teetotal}] n : opposes intoxicating beverages [syn: {prohibitionist}] v 1: remove the moisture from and make dry; "dry clothes"; "dry hair" [syn: {dry out}] [ant: {wet}] 2: become dry or drier; "The laundry dries in the sun" [syn: {dry out}]
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