Definition of drying

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

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Couch :: Couch (v. t.) To transfer (as sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire cloth mold to a felt blanket, for further drying..
Flake :: Flake (n.) A platform of hurdles, or small sticks made fast or interwoven, supported by stanchions, for drying codfish and other things..
Indurate :: Indurate (v. i.) To grow hard; to harden, or become hard; as, clay indurates by drying, and by heat..
Desiccate :: Desiccate (v. t.) To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by drying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit..
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.
Towel :: Towel (n.) A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, as the person after a bath..
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..
Exsiccation :: Exsiccation (n.) The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture; state of being dried up; dryness.
Hothouse :: Hothouse (n.) A heated room for drying green ware.
Baking :: Baking (n.) The act or process of cooking in an oven, or of drying and hardening by heat or cold..
Curer :: Curer (n.) One who prepares beef, fish, etc., for preservation by drying, salting, smoking, etc..
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..
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..
Siccative :: Siccative (n.) That which promotes drying.
Drying :: Drying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dr.
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..
Siccative :: Siccative (a.) Drying; causing to dry.
Stillness :: Stillion (n.) A stand, as for casks or vats in a brewery, or for pottery while drying..
Evaporator :: Evaporator (n.) An apparatus for condensing vegetable juices, or for drying fruit by heat..
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