Meanings
noundry light (usually uncountable, plural dry lights)
plural dry lights
- uncountableusuallyPure unobstructed light.
- broadlyfigurativelyuncountableusuallyA 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 Organum1 more example
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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