Vocabulary

dry lacquer statue; statue made from many layers of hemp cloth soaked with lacquer

poverty-stricken household

polishing with a dry cloth; wiping with a dry cloth

dry rot

dry; dryness; dry (pleurisy)

drying oil; linseed oil

xerophyte

powdered ginger

dry fruit (e.g. nuts, legumes, follicles)

powdered milk

drying agent; desiccant

seasoned lumber

drying room

dry cleaning

dry land

dry farming

dry rot

dryness; dullness

dehydrated vegetables

powdered eggs; dehydrated eggs; dried eggs

drying furnace

dry farming

dry paddy field

emperor's virtue

dried hides

dry wind

things dried in the sun (esp. clothes, dyed cloth, etc.)

grocery store; dealer in dried goods

cheese

casein

cracks in drying lumber

psoriasis

hay

outspoken; arguing (heatedly) what one believes in; insisting on something without restraint

to become displeased; to get stubborn

system indicating court ranks by headgear colors (colours)

article

stereotyped epithet

Forgive me for dispensing with the preliminaries, but I hasten to inform you that ...

thistledown