Drier
['draɪɚ]
Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, dries; that which may expel or absorb moisture; a desiccative; as, the sun and a northwesterly wind are great driers of the earth.
(n.) Drying oil; a substance mingled with the oil used in oil painting to make it dry quickly.
(superl.) Alt. of Driest
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Desiccative.
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Definition
n. that which dries: a machine for extracting moisture from wet cloths grain &c.: a substance causing paint to dry more rapidly.
Editor: Sharon
Examples
- Presently in the fourth and fifth centuries the weather grew drier and the grass became scanty, and the nomads stirred afresh. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In the farm yard appear the improved carriage and wagon, the well pump, the wind wheel, the fruit drier, the bee hive, and the cotton and cider press. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- But it had differences due originally perhaps to the warmer, drier climate. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In my experimental plant for concentrating iron ore in the northern part of New Jersey, we had a vertical drier, a column about nine feet square and eighty feet high. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- One day this drier got blocked, and the ore would not run down. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He looked older and drier. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- When we leave the crowded tea or lecture and pass into the colder, drier, outside air, clothes and skin give up their load of moisture through sudden evaporation. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
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