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dry well

noun

  1. a drainage pit lined with loose stonework for the leaching of liquid wastes.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of dry well1

First recorded in 1760–70
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Example Sentences

He was running with his head down when all of a sudden he pitched headlong into a dry well.

If a little aqua-fortis be mixed with the water, the writing will dry well, and not run out of its form when the paper is wetted.

Remove skins, dry well and brown in heated oil or butter on top of stove or in oven.

It was now a rescuing hand put out to lift him from the dry well of gloom.

They brought him down the stairs, which were found to lead to the bottom of a dry well in the middle of the tower.

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