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Driest Drier Dri"er, compar., Driest Dri"est, superl.,
of Dry, a.
Foundries Foundry Found"ry, n.; pl. Foundries. [See Foundery.]
1. The act, process, or art of casting metals.
2. The buildings and works for casting metals.
Foundry ladle, a vessel for holding molten metal and
conveying it from cupola to the molds.
Laundries Laundry Laun"dry, n.; pl. Laundries. [OE. lavendrie, OF.
lavanderie. See Launder.]
1. A laundering; a washing.
2. A place or room where laundering is done.
Sundries Sundries Sun"dries, n. pl.
Many different or small things; sundry things.
Tawdriest Tawdry Taw"dry, a. [Compar. Tawdrier; superl. Tawdriest.]
[Said to be corrupted from Saint Audrey, or Auldrey, meaning
Saint Ethelreda, implying therefore, originally, bought at
the fair of St. Audrey, where laces and gay toys of all sorts
were sold. This fair was held in Isle Ely, and probably at
other places, on the day of the saint, which was the 17th of
October.]
1. Bought at the festival of St. Audrey. [Obs.]
And gird in your waist, For more fineness, with a
tawdry lace. --Spenser.
2. Very fine and showy in colors, without taste or elegance;
having an excess of showy ornaments without grace; cheap
and gaudy; as, a tawdry dress; tawdry feathers; tawdry
colors.
