Dryer
['draɪə] or ['draɪɚ]
Definition
(n.) See Drier.
Typed by Alice
Examples
- We are now in sight of the real 'concentrates,' which are conveyed to dryer No. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The wet sheets of rubber are cut in square pieces, placed on perforated tin pans and loaded into the dryer, which will hold about eight hundred pounds of rubber. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A long series of experiments resulted in the invention of the tower dryer with a capacity of three hundred tons per hour. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The vacuum dryer is used where rubber is wanted dry in a short space of time. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Roaring dryer, soaring higher--Old Clem! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- By degrees, Wemmick got dryer and harder as we went along, and his mouth tightened into a post-office again. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
Edited by Cheryl