ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Fordry

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Fordry is a verb meaning (intransitive) To dry up; become dry.

Meaning

(intransitive) To dry up; become dry.

More Meanings

  1. (transitive) To dry up; make dry.
  2. (obsolete) Very dry; withered.

Example Sentences

1387-1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Squire's Tale. Amid a tree fordry, as white as chalk, As Canacé was playing in her walk, There sat a falcon o'er her head full high, That with a piteous voice so gan to cry, […]

Word Forms

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