dryrihedt

A false spelling of drearihead. dry-rot (dri'rot), n. 1. A decay affecting timber, occasioned by various species of fungi, the mycelium of which penetrates the timber, destroying it. Polyp or us hybrid us causes the dry-rot of oak built ships; Merulius la crymans is the most common and most formidable dry-rot fungus, found chiefly in firand pinewood. Polyp or us destructor is common in Ger Dry-rot Fungus ( Merulius lacrymans). many. Damp, unventilated situations are most favorable to the development of dry-rot fungi. Dry wood is not attacked. Various methods have been proposed for the prevention of dry-rot; that most in favor is to thoroughly saturate the wood with creosote, which makes it unfit for vegetation. (See kyanizing.) Animal dry-rot is also found to be occasioned by the attack of fungi. 2. Figuratively, a concealed or unsuspected inward decay or degeneration, as of public morals or public spirit.