Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2100 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

dryedry

A final e dropped: selfe → self, beene → been, hee → he.

Puritas changed it: 312 times in 186 works
Consistency: 98.7% (312 of 316)
Reach if approved: ~332 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: dry
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 316 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (312 changes in 186 works, 98.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 312)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
3. It makes Chriſts feaſt a dryedry feaſt.
With rule
3. It makes Chriſts feaſt a dryedry feaſt.
Robert Hill · Christs Prayer Expounded · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
… done it semel, once for al. And it was a bloudye Sacrifice, not a dryedry Sacrifice.
With rule
… done it semel, once for al. And it was a bloudye Sacrifice, not a dryedry Sacrifice.
Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… after the nature of the contry. For the lande of promyſe is an whote dryedry, ſandye, & ſtony lāde, which hath many wylderneſſes & lytle water. Therfore in the fyrſt boke …
With rule
… after the nature of the contry. For the lande of promyſe is an whote dryedry, ſandye, & ſtony lāde, which hath many wylderneſſes & lytle water. Therfore in the fyrſt boke …
Martin Luther · Exposition of Psalm 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that nowe is betweene them & vs, becauſe it is for feare their waters will dryedry vp, that like ſo many Babylonian frogges, they crooke againſt the Goſpell. Now as …
With rule
… that nowe is betweene them & vs, becauſe it is for feare their waters will dryedry vp, that like ſo many Babylonian frogges, they crooke againſt the Goſpell. Now as …
Robert Parker · Against Symbolizing with Antichrist in Ceremonies · p. 81 · Open in the reader
Printed
… house, yea, who may come vnto it, yea though they trauaile hardly thereto through dryedry places, to present themselues before God in Sion. Whereas Christians, of the other side …
With rule
… house, yea, who may come vnto it, yea though they trauaile hardly thereto through dryedry places, to present themselues before God in Sion. Whereas Christians, of the other side …
John Rainolds · Conference Between Rainolds and Hart · p. 566 · Open in the reader
Printed
The third day, God spake vnto the Fish, & it cast out Ionah on the dryedry land. Ion: 2. 10.
With rule
The third day, God spake vnto the Fish, & it cast out Ionah on the dryedry land. Ion: 2. 10.
Daniel Featley · The Handmaid to Private Devotion · Open in the reader
Printed
… griefe, enuie, couetouſneſſe. Griefe flayeth him, Prou. 21. 25. Enuie and couetouſneſſe conſume the fleſh, and dryedry the bones. Many ſluggards are couetous and greedy, yet proud, and idle, enuying the …
With rule
… griefe, enuie, couetouſneſſe. Griefe flayeth him, Prou. 21. 25. Enuie and couetouſneſſe conſume the fleſh, and dryedry the bones. Many ſluggards are couetous and greedy, yet proud, and idle, enuying the …
Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · p. 97 · Open in the reader
Printed
Their wellys I can vp dryedry,
With rule
Their wellys I can vp dryedry,
John Bale · Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier A05548

Printed
And gaif me drynk quhen I wes DryeDry
With rule
And gaif me drynk quhen I wes DryeDry
David Lindsay · A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier · Open in the reader

Four Great Liars Striving A09431

Printed
F DryeDry vnderfoote.
With rule
F DryeDry vnderfoote.
William Perkins · Four Great Liars Striving · Open in the reader

An ABC for Laymen A15621

Printed
… Wood serueth to kindle and keepe fier, tale-bearers stirre vp and nourishe stryfe. DryeDry wood is apt to burne, and greene wood, though not so quickly will be …
With rule
… Wood serueth to kindle and keepe fier, tale-bearers stirre vp and nourishe stryfe. DryeDry wood is apt to burne, and greene wood, though not so quickly will be …
Clergy George Wither · An ABC for Laymen · p. 168 · Open in the reader

The History of the Worthies of England A40672

Printed
… draw them (if need so requireth) with Moderate Correction seasonably used, putting up both DryeDry and Wet Prayers to God for his Blessing on their children. As also, if …
With rule
… draw them (if need so requireth) with Moderate Correction seasonably used, putting up both DryeDry and Wet Prayers to God for his Blessing on their children. As also, if …
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 58 · Open in the reader