Definition of Druxy

1. of timber, having hidden decayed spots [adj DRUXIER, DRUXIEST]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Druxy

druplets
druse
drused
drusen
drusen of the macula
drusen of the optic nerve head
druses
drusier
drusiest
drusy
druther
druthers
druv
druxier
druxiest
druxy (current term)
druzhina
druzhinas
druzy
dry
dry-bulb thermometer
dry-clean
dry-cleaned
dry-cleaner
dry-cleaners
dry-cleaning
dry-cleans
dry-closet
dry-dock
dry-eyed

Literary usage of Druxy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1903)
"... sap which accumulates and covers the wounds, and the knots, as the roots of the branches are called, assume a spongy appearance, which is called druxy. ..."

2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"Antonyms: see CONSCIENTIOUS, FRANK. 9. Referring to fruit, vegetables, etc.: unsound, rotten; spec, druxy. doted or doated, spurred, ..."

3. A Dictionary Practical, Theoretical and Historical of Commerce and by John Ramsay McCulloch (1842)
"The outside plank to be clear of all defects ; the inside to be free of all foxy, druxy, or decayed planks, and the whole to be properly shifted and ..."

4. A Treatise on the Law of Eminent Domain in the United States by John Lewis (1900)
"664; druxy v. Midland RR Co., 127 Mass. 671. In this case the court, without entering into any discussion of the matter, or of prior cases, hold that "the ..."

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