Definition of drying

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Drying (a.) Adapted or tending to exhaust moisture; as, a drying wind or day; a drying room..

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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..
Curer :: Curer (n.) One who prepares beef, fish, etc., for preservation by drying, salting, smoking, etc..
Siccative :: Siccative (n.) That which promotes drying.
Scrap :: Scrap (v. t.) The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat; as, pork scraps..
Parching :: Parching (a.) Scorching; burning; drying.
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..
Desiccative :: Desiccative (a.) Drying; tending to dry.
Baking :: Baking (n.) The act or process of cooking in an oven, or of drying and hardening by heat or cold..
Ustulation :: Ustulation (n.) The roasting or drying of moist substances so as prepare them for pulverizing.
Hack :: Hack (n.) Unburned brick or tile, stacked up for drying..
Exsiccative :: Exsiccative (a.) Tending to make dry; having the power of drying.
Hake :: Hake (n.) A drying shed, as for unburned tile..
Tedder :: Tedder (n.) A machine for stirring and spreading hay, to expedite its drying..
Indican :: Indican (n.) A glucoside obtained from woad (indigo plant) and other plants, as a yellow or light brown sirup. It has a nauseous bitter taste, a decomposes or drying. By the action of acids, ferments, etc., it breaks down into sugar and indigo. It is the source of natural indigo..
Airing :: Airing (n.) An exposure to air, or to a fire, for warming, drying, etc.; as, the airing of linen, or of a room..
Drying :: Drying (a.) Adapted or tending to exhaust moisture; as, a drying wind or day; a drying room..
Quirboilly :: Quirboilly (n.) Leather softened by boiling so as to take any required shape. Upon drying, it becomes exceedingly hard, and hence was formerly used for armor..
Siccation :: Siccation (n.) The act or process of drying.
Flake :: Flake (n.) A platform of hurdles, or small sticks made fast or interwoven, supported by stanchions, for drying codfish and other things..
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..
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