The dry-rot principally attacks ill-seasoned timber, and more particularly that of ships and badly ventilated buildings. |
He would rather have that than flabby silence, as if he were nailing into dry-rot. |
Seasoning timber to prevent the dry-rot in ships, churches, and other buildings. |
Water may get into woodwork and produce dry-rot, mildew, or other problems. |
But that had been better than the dry-rot of an escape from righteous punishment. |
It might be stricken with dry-rot, elephantiasis and plica polonica for ought I care. |