Definition of drying

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Drying (a.) Having the quality of rapidly becoming dry.

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Desiccative :: Desiccative (a.) Drying; tending to dry.
Drier :: Drier (n.) Drying oil; a substance mingled with the oil used in oil painting to make it dry quickly.
Towel :: Towel (n.) A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, as the person after a bath..
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..
Stillness :: Stillion (n.) A stand, as for casks or vats in a brewery, or for pottery while drying..
Airing :: Airing (n.) An exposure to air, or to a fire, for warming, drying, etc.; as, the airing of linen, or of a room..
Hydro-extractor :: Hydro-extractor (n.) An apparatus for drying anything, as yarn, cloth, sugar, etc., by centrifugal force; a centrifugal..
Evaporator :: Evaporator (n.) An apparatus for condensing vegetable juices, or for drying fruit 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..
Parching :: Parching (a.) Scorching; burning; drying.
Season :: Season (v. t.) Hence, to prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices; as, to season timber..
Exsiccation :: Exsiccation (n.) The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture; state of being dried up; dryness.
Scab :: Scab (n.) An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed by the drying up of the discharge from the diseased part..
Drying :: Drying (a.) Having the quality of rapidly becoming dry.
Insiccation :: Insiccation (n.) The act or process of drying in.
Gloom :: Gloom (n.) In gunpowder manufacture, the drying oven..
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..
Gauntlet :: Gauntlet (n.) A rope on which hammocks or clothes are hung for drying.
Cockle :: Cockle (n.) A hop-drying kiln; an oast.
Scrap :: Scrap (v. t.) The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat; as, pork scraps..
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