dry-rot
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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
As far as my reading has taken me, it seems to be the dry-rot of nations.
From The World Peril of 1910 by Griffith, George Chetwynd
There was a summer-house close at hand which, with the appearance of a decayed beehive, smelt of dry-rot and was littered with paper bags.
From Rich Relatives by MacKenzie, Compton
Merulius lacrymans, which is found chiefly in fir-wood, is the most common and most formidable dry-rot fungus in Britain; while Polypŏrus destructor is equally destructive in Germany.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various
“She just kept it until it dry-rotted because that was all she really had to remember his dream — his vision,” Green-McCray said of her mother.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2021
One hospital official reported getting children’s masks instead of adult sizes, and another described a batch where many were useless because the elastic bands had dry-rotted.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2020
Some state and local officials report receiving broken ventilators and decade-old dry-rotted masks.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 5, 2020
The folks directly next door are the nicest people, but their house is in terrible condition: peeling paint, dry-rotted windows, and a roof that needs redoing.
From Slate ● Jan. 3, 2019
Below me, the fire department stood staring in horror at their dry-rotted nets that had been torn to shreds.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
It is still languishing three-quarters of the way done in my garage, dry-rotting in place.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2020
The whole passage required careful walking, to avoid dangerous holes, and thin, dry-rotting boards.
From Chatterbox, 1906 by Clarke, J. Erskine (John Erskine)
Men there were in plenty, dry-rotting at the post for lack of something to limber their joints; but officers to lead?
From An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier by Remington, Frederic
The banks of the creek were like ashes, the thin, gnarled gum-bush seemed dry-rotting fast, and in many places the surface of the ground was cracked in squares where it had shrunk in the drought.
From Children of the Bush by Lawson, Henry
There was nothing but burrs and nettles inside those walls, and an old wooden bullock plough and a couple of yokes were dry-rotting across the back doorway.
From On the Track by Lawson, Henry
