dry-rot
Example Sentences
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He responds, animatedly for once, to the suggestion that Graham Greene, quizzed about his plots, would reply in the style of a solicitor or dry-rot inspector talking about a house.
From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2010
In the U.S. the work of termites was long mistaken for that of fungi and dry-rot which usually follow their riddlings.
From Time Magazine Archive
So every precaution must be taken against dampness and dry-rot.
From Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines by Wildman, Rounsevelle
It is the only thing that will prevent what is known as the "dry-rot" from attacking her timbers.
From Harper's Young People, June 15, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
Damp, unventilated situations are most favourable to the development of dry-rot Fungi.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various
