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Webster 1913 Edition
Arid
Ar′id
,Adj.
[L.
aridus
, fr. arere
to be dry: cf. F. aride
.] Exhausted of moisture; parched with heat; dry; barren.
“An arid waste.” Thomson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Arid
AR'ID
,Adj.
Dry; exhausted of moisture; parched with heat; as an arid waste.