What is this jargon? He the insane prophet,
Dead near three hundred years!
Robert Browning, The Return of the Druses.
Dryas or DRYAD, a wood-nymph, whose life was bound up with that of her tree (Greek, [Greek: dryas, dryados].)
"The quickening power of the soul," like Martha, "is busy about many things," or like "a Dryas living in a tree."—Sir John Davies, Immortality of the soul, xii.
Dry-as-Dust (The Rev. Doctor), an hypothetical person whom Sir W. Scott makes use of to introduce some of his novels by means of prefatory letters. The word is a synonym for a dull, prosy, plodding historian, with great show of learning, but very little attractive grace.
Dryden of Germany (The), Martin Opitz, sometimes called "The Father of German Poetry" (1597-1639).
Dryeesdale (Jasper), the old steward at Lochleven Castle.—Sir W. Scott, The Abott (time, Elizabeth).
Dry'ope (3 syl.), daughter of King Dryops, beloved by Apollo. Apollo, having changed himself into a tortoise, was taken by Dryopê into her lap, and became the father of Amphis'sos. Ovid says that Dryopê was changed into a lotus (Met., x. 331).
Duar'te (3 syl), the vainglorious son of Guiomar.—Beaumont and Fletcher, The Custom of the Country (1647).