Definition of drying

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

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Torrid :: Torrid (a.) Violenty hot; drying or scorching with heat; burning; parching.
Gauntlet :: Gauntlet (n.) A rope on which hammocks or clothes are hung for drying.
Desiccative :: Desiccative (a.) Drying; tending to dry.
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..
Season :: Season (v. t.) Hence, to prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices; as, to season timber..
Desiccant :: Desiccant (n.) A medicine or application for drying up a sore.
Cockle :: Cockle (n.) A hop-drying kiln; an oast.
Flake :: Flake (n.) A platform of hurdles, or small sticks made fast or interwoven, supported by stanchions, for drying codfish and other things..
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..
Exsiccation :: Exsiccation (n.) The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture; state of being dried up; dryness.
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..
Parching :: Parching (a.) Scorching; burning; drying.
Curer :: Curer (n.) One who prepares beef, fish, etc., for preservation by drying, salting, smoking, etc..
Staddle :: Staddle (v. i.) A row of dried or drying hay, etc..
Hack :: Hack (n.) A frame or grating of various kinds; as, a frame for drying bricks, fish, or cheese; a rack for feeding cattle; a grating in a mill race, etc..
Squill :: Squilgee (n.) Formerly, a small swab for drying a vessel's deck; now, a kind of scraper having a blade or edge of rubber or of leather, -- used for removing superfluous, water or other liquids, as from a vessel's deck after washing, from window panes, photographer's plates, etc..
Harden :: Harden (v. i.) To become hard or harder; to acquire solidity, or more compactness; as, mortar hardens by drying..
Stillness :: Stillion (n.) A stand, as for casks or vats in a brewery, or for pottery while drying..
Hydro-extractor :: Hydro-extractor (n.) An apparatus for drying anything, as yarn, cloth, sugar, etc., by centrifugal force; a centrifugal..
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..
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