(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:15:03

Dry"ad (?), n. [L. dryas, pl. dryades, Gr. , pl. , fr. oak, tree. See Tree.] Class. Myth.

A wood nymph; a nymph whose life was bound up with that of her tree.

 

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