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adj
dry
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: art, arts
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adj
dry – sparse accompaniment, staccato, without resonance
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
A work painted on dry plaster, as distinguished from a fresco.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: art, arts
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noun
Section commander, an infantry soldier responsible for about 8 other soldiers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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History
Borrowed from Italian secco (“dry”). Doublet of sec.
Clipping of section commander + -o.
