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dry light en · NOUN

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1. (uncountable, usually) Pure unobstructed light.
2. (broadly, figuratively, uncountable, usually) A clear, impartial view.
   • The human understanding is not composed of dry light, but is subject to influence from the will and the emotions 1620, Francis Bacon, Novum Organum:
   • The scientific man must keep his feelings under stern control, lest they obtrude into his researches, and colour the dry light in which alone science desires to see its objects. 1881, John Campbell Shairp, Aspects of Poetry:

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