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Nymph of trees
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dryad
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n. (context Greek mythology English) In Greek myth, a female tree spirit.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a deity or nymph of the woods [syn: wood nymph ] [also: dryades (pl)]
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Dryad was a research project at Microsoft Research for a general purpose runtime for execution of data parallel applications. Microsoft made several preview releases of this technology available as add-ons to Windows HPC Server 2008 R2. However, in October ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1550s, from Latin dryas , from Greek dryas (plural dryades ) "wood nymph," from drus (genitive dryos ) "oak," from PIE *deru- "tree, wood, oak" (see tree (n.)).
Usage examples of dryad.
Its dryad sat slumped on the ground before the tree, her skin as pale as the heartwood and her ash-brown hair tangled and tumbled.
But if the oak had ever had a dryad, she was long gone, and the grass around the tree was nothing more now than greyish stubble that crumbled away into dust beneath the hooves of the animals as they rode over it.
The creature of the tree, this dryad, reached out to Lady Sunshine, who started back from her, nearly toppling.
She walked in a circle around Lady Sunshine, while Lady Sunshine watched her with a wary rotating eye, ready to lurch if the dryad attempted to move in her direction.
The dryad licked her lips obscenely, tongue running over white teeth where she had no lip, and leaned toward Lady Sunshine.
The dryad, that fat fountain of unknown delight, suddenly stood again.
It sniffed them closely, snapped at their genitals, and was slapped smartly by the thick tendril that the dryad wore as guardian of her privacy.
He struck the dryad with her tendril and she screamed and loosed her grip on his penis.
The green boy-creature made the dryad bend and present her rear to him.
He plunged into the dryad again and again, and she filled the world with the sound of her pleasure and agony.
The dryad showed her teeth in her most hideous smile, and then yawned elaborately.
I believe he got them to order Dryad to the Mediterranean to get me out of the way.
Worcester was so short of men that he could not possibly spare a single one in exchange, no, not even a one-legged boy, when the Dryad repeated the signal Worcester : captain repair aboard flag.
Pullings was obliged to relay his orders, but it was with real satisfaction that he saw the Dryad steer south and the Polyphemus north until they were spread out so that in line abreast the three of them could survey the great part of the channel - a sparkling day, warm in spite of the wind, a truly Mediterranean day at last with splendid visibility, white clouds racing across a perfect sky, their shadows showing purple on a sea royal-blue where it was not white: an absurd day to have a cold on.
Worcester sent the Dryad away for Medina, called the Polyphemus in and stood eastward with her, the breeze abating with the close of day.