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† ˈdryhede Obs.
Also drihed, dryehed.
[f. dry a.: see -head.]
Dryness, drought; dry land; a dry place, desert.
a1300E. E. Psalter lxv[i]. 6 Whilk þat tornes þe se In mikel drihed for to be. a1325Prose Ps. lxxvii[i]. 45 Hou oft hij greued hym in wildernes; hij somond him in ire in dryhede. c1440Jacob's Well (E.E.T.S.) 236 In hyȝe hylles of pryde arn iiij. wyckednessys, þat arn, dryehed, hardhed, bareynhed, & a foul fall doun. |