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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Pref.

(for

) +

dry

In a dry or thirsty condition.

“A man that is adry.”

Burton.

Adj.

Thirsty, in want of drink. [This adjective always follows the noun.]

adry ‎(comparative more adry, superlative most adry)

(archaic) Dry.
(archaic) Thirsty.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, I.iii.3:
  counsel can do little good; you may as well bid him that is sick of an ague not to be adry, or him that is wounded not to feel pain.