Destitution of moisture; want of water or other fluid; siccity; a aridity; aridness; as the dryness of a soil; dryness of the road.

Want of rain; as dryness of weather.

Want of juice or succulence; as dryness of the bones or fibers.

Want of succulence or greenness; as the dryness of hay or corn.

Barrenness; jejuneness; want of ornament or pathos; want of that which enlivens and entertains; as the dryness of style or expression; the dryness of a subject.

Want of feeling or sensibility in devotion; want of ardor; as dryness of spirit.