Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Very dry; withered.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective obsolete Entirely dry; withered.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective obsolete Very dry; withered.
  • verb intransitive To dry up; become dry.
  • verb transitive To dry up; make dry.

Etymologies

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

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

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