Glossary of Inspirational Quotes that Rekindle the Soul
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| Quote:There are people who strictly deprive themselves of each and every eatable, drinkable, and smokable which has in any way acquired a shady reputation. They pay this price for health. And health is all they get for it. How strange it is. It is like paying out your whole fortune for a cow that has gone dry.[Mark Twain] Quote:If you refuse to be made straight when you are green, you will not be made straight when you are dry. [Arab Proverb] Quote:Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that's where you renew your springs that never dry up. [Pearl Buck] Definitions of: dryDefinition: Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid; not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as rain or fluid of any kind; -- said especially: (a) Of the weather: Free from rain or mist.Definition: Of vegetable matter: Free from juices or sap; not succulent; not green; as, dry wood or hay. Definition: Of animals: Not giving milk; as, the cow is dry. Definition: Of persons: Thirsty; needing drink. Definition: Of the eyes: Not shedding tears. Definition: Of certain morbid conditions, in which there is entire or comparative absence of moisture; as, dry gangrene; dry catarrh. Definition: Destitute of that which interests or amuses; barren; unembellished; jejune; plain. Definition: Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or hard; hence, sharp; keen; shrewd; quaint; as, a dry tone or manner; dry wit. Definition: Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of execution, or the want of a delicate contour in form, and of easy transition in coloring. Definition: To grow dry; to become free from wetness, moisture, or juice; as, the road dries rapidly. Definition: To evaporate wholly; to be exhaled; -- said of moisture, or a liquid; -- sometimes with up; as, the stream dries, or dries up. Definition: To shrivel or wither; to lose vitality. |
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