Definition of Dry-rot

1. Verb. Affect or be affected with dry rot.

Generic synonyms: Mildew, Mold

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dry-rot

dry-cleaner
dry-cleaners
dry-cleaning
dry-cleans
dry-closet
dry-dock
dry-eyed
dry-fire
dry-fisted
dry-foot
dry-gulching
dry-heave
dry-nurse
dry-nurses
dry-rot (current term)
dry-run
dry-runs
dry-shod
dry-stone
dry-stone wall
dry abscess
dry amputation
dry as a bone
dry as a dead dingo's donger
dry battery
dry behind the ears
dry beriberi
dry bronchiectasis

Literary usage of Dry-rot

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

1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1829)
"The came of Dry Rot Discovered; with a Description of a Patent Invention for Preserving Decked Vessels ft om Dry Rot, and goods on board from damage by heat ..."

2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1817)
"On the dry-rot. [May, with an epitaph by Mrs. Hannah More; and of Mary wife Of the Bew. ... ______ ON dry-rot. “A disease known, is half removed. ..."

3. Building Construction and Superintendence by Frank Eugene Kidder (1915)
"Dry rot, on the contrary, occurs in confined places where the gases cannot escape, ... DRY ROT IN TIMBER. This is generally caused by want of ventilation. ..."

4. Journal by Institution of Electrical Engineers Radio Section (1874)
"The dry rot is a slow, mouldering, destructive action that timber undergoes, ... Dry rot generally arises from painting or tarring young, unseasoned timber, ..."

5. Fungous Diseases of Plants: With Chapters on Physiology, Culture Methods and by Benjamin Minge Duggar (1909)
"It is very probable that many of the diseases described under the name of dry rot, end rot, bundle blighting, etc., are due to the fungus here discussed. ..."

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