Meaning of druxy | Babel Free

Definitions

Having decayed spots or streaks of a whitish colour; rotten, decayed.

dialectal, obsolete

Examples

“[…] and as the lapse of time required for seasoning would allow⟳ the decomposition of very bad druxy knots to display itself, there seems to be more reason⟳ for attaching importance to the use⟳ of seasoned timber in the framework of ships. […] all unprepared timber, let⟳ it be ever so sound⟳, free from sap, druxy knots, […] or ground shakes.”

“After the gale, the tree has had sufficient vitality to continue⟳ its growth, and so enfold its crippled stem in a new sheath of sound⟳ wood. Fig. 10 represents decayed or “druxy” knots. Sometimes such knots are met with embedded in fairly sound⟳ wood, but in most cases, the effects of the decay run⟳ far down into the parent stem.”

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