Drier

(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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• Presently in the fourth and fifth centuries the weather grew drier and the grass became scanty, and the nomads stirred afresh. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• 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. 十九世纪发明进展.
• But it had differences due originally perhaps to the warmer, drier climate. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• 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. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• One day this drier got blocked, and the ore would not run down. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• He looked older and drier. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• 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. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.

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