Definition of drying

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

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Towel :: Towel (n.) A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, as the person after a bath..
Insolation :: Insolation (n.) The act or process to exposing to the rays of the sun fro the purpose of drying or maturing, as fruits, drugs, etc., or of rendering acid, as vinegar..
Cockle :: Cockle (n.) A hop-drying kiln; an oast.
Ustulation :: Ustulation (n.) The roasting or drying of moist substances so as prepare them for pulverizing.
Infumation :: Infumation (n.) Act of drying in smoke.
Hack :: Hack (n.) Unburned brick or tile, stacked up for drying..
Exsiccant :: Exsiccant (a.) Having the quality of drying up; causing a drying up.
Hothouse :: Hothouse (n.) A heated room for drying green ware.
Exsiccator :: Exsiccator (n.) An apparatus for drying substances or preserving them from moisture; a desiccator; also, less frequently, an agent employed to absorb moisture, as calcium chloride, or concentrated sulphuric acid..
Gauntlet :: Gauntlet (n.) A rope on which hammocks or clothes are hung for drying.
Indurate :: Indurate (v. i.) To grow hard; to harden, or become hard; as, clay indurates by drying, and by heat..
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..
Exsiccation :: Exsiccation (n.) The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture; state of being dried up; dryness.
Stove :: Stove (n.) A house or room artificially warmed or heated; a forcing house, or hothouse; a drying room; -- formerly, designating an artificially warmed dwelling or room, a parlor, or a bathroom, but now restricted, in this sense, to heated houses or rooms used for horticultural purposes or in the processes of the arts..
Siccation :: Siccation (n.) The act or process of drying.
Drying :: Drying (a.) Adapted or tending to exhaust moisture; as, a drying wind or day; a drying room..
Scrap :: Scrap (v. t.) The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat; as, pork scraps..
Curer :: Curer (n.) One who prepares beef, fish, etc., for preservation by drying, salting, smoking, etc..
Gloom :: Gloom (n.) In gunpowder manufacture, the drying oven..
Tedder :: Tedder (n.) A machine for stirring and spreading hay, to expedite its drying..
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