3 adjectives to describe dries

And ever, as the story drained The wells of fancy dry, And faintly strove that weary one To put the subject by, "The rest next time""It is next time!" The happy voices cry.

"Our garden is 'middling' dry, but we can keep the wet lovers moist by watering them more generously than the rest.

If this outer shell dries while the fibres are thus strained they become "set" in this condition, and are no longer in tension.

3 adjectives to describe  dries