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Webster 1913 Edition


Drying

Dry′ing

,
Adj.
1.
Adapted or tending to exhaust moisture;
as, a
drying
wind or day; a
drying
room.
2.
Having the quality of rapidly becoming dry.
Drying oil
,
an oil which, either naturally or after boiling with oxide of lead, absorbs oxygen from the air and dries up rapidly. Drying oils are used as the bases of many paints and varnishes.

Webster 1828 Edition


Drying

DRYING

,
ppr.
Expelling or losing moisture, sap or greenness.

DRYING

,
Noun.
The act or process of depriving of moisture or greenness.

DRYING

,
Noun.
The act or process of depriving of moisture or greenness.

Definition 2024


drying

drying

English

Verb

drying

  1. present participle of dry

Noun

drying (countable and uncountable, plural dryings)

  1. The act of drying.
  2. A method of food preservation by removing water.

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