Definition of drying

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Drying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dr.

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Siccation :: Siccation (n.) The act or process of drying.
Staddle :: Staddle (v. i.) A row of dried or drying hay, etc..
Ted :: Ted (v. t.) To spread, or turn from the swath, and scatter for drying, as new-mowed grass; -- chiefly used in the past participle..
Check :: Check (v. i.) To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc..
Baking :: Baking (n.) The act or process of cooking in an oven, or of drying and hardening by heat or cold..
Arefaction :: Arefaction (n.) The act of drying, or the state of growing dry..
Cockle :: Cockle (n.) A hop-drying kiln; an oast.
Airing :: Airing (n.) An exposure to air, or to a fire, for warming, drying, etc.; as, the airing of linen, or of a room..
Stillness :: Stillion (n.) A stand, as for casks or vats in a brewery, or for pottery while drying..
Creep :: Creep (v. t.) To slip, or to become slightly displaced; as, the collodion on a negative, or a coat of varnish, may creep in drying; the quicksilver on a mirror may creep..
Insiccation :: Insiccation (n.) The act or process of drying in.
Kiln :: Kiln (n.) A large stove or oven; a furnace of brick or stone, or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, or drying anything; as, a kiln for baking or hardening earthen vessels; a kiln for drying grain, meal, lumber, etc.; a kiln for calcining limestone..
Indurate :: Indurate (v. i.) To grow hard; to harden, or become hard; as, clay indurates by drying, and by heat..
Hack :: Hack (n.) Unburned brick or tile, stacked up for drying..
Ustulation :: Ustulation (n.) The roasting or drying of moist substances so as prepare them for pulverizing.
Siccative :: Siccative (n.) That which promotes drying.
Evaporator :: Evaporator (n.) An apparatus for condensing vegetable juices, or for drying fruit by heat..
Consolidate :: Consolidate (v. i.) To grow firm and hard; to unite and become solid; as, moist clay consolidates by drying..
Desiccative :: Desiccative (a.) Drying; tending to dry.
Siccative :: Siccative (a.) Drying; causing to dry.
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