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Definition of Drier
1. Noun. A substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture).
Generic synonyms: Chemical Agent
Derivative terms: Desiccate, Dry, Dry
2. Noun. An appliance that removes moisture.
Generic synonyms: Appliance
Specialized synonyms: Clothes Drier, Clothes Dryer, Blow Drier, Blow Dryer, Hair Drier, Hair Dryer, Hand Blower
Derivative terms: Dry, Dry
Definition of Drier
1. 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.
2. compar. of Dry,
Definition of Drier
1. Noun. (chiefly Commonwealth) Any substance that accelerates drying. ¹
2. Noun. (chiefly Commonwealth) Catalyst used to promote the drying of paints and varnishes by oxidative crosslinking. ¹
3. Noun. (alternative spelling of dryer) ¹
4. Adjective. (comparative of dry) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Drier
1. one that dries [n -S] - See also: dries
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drier
Literary usage of Drier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1904)
"Evidence in an action by an employé of a railroad company for injuries from a
defective sand drier examined, and held to entitle plaintiff to go ..."
2. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1888)
"I will give you a description of my present drier, which I consider as near
perfection as any drier in the State. It is not patented, it is of my own ..."
3. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1917)
"Patents Room Steam-drier. Provides for return of condensed steam to boiler. 50.
... drier for the manufacture of split peas. (American miller, Chicago, v. ..."
4. Cements, Limes, and Plasters: Their Materials, Manufacture, and Properties by Edwin Clarence Eckel (1922)
"The following table shows working results obtained in the use of the Ruggles-Coles
drier on blast-furnace slag at various slag-cement plants: TABLE 246. ..."
5. Cements, Limes, and Plasters: Their Materials, Manufacture, and Properties by Edwin Clarence Eckel (1905)
"The following table shows working results obtained in the use of the Ruggles-Coles
drier on blast-furnace slag at various slag-cement plants: TABLE 245. ..."
6. Human Vitality and Efficiency Under Prolonged Restricted Diet by Francis Gano Benedict (1919)
"AIR-drier AND PSYCHROMETER. From the right side of the skirt near the front a 6
... From the drier a 10 cm. pipe, J, carried the dry air back to the chamber ..."
7. The Bookman (1907)
"Of what use is it to attack one Dr. Dy- boski, as a daily paper does, because he
writes six hundred pages The drier on Tennyson's diction Criticism and ..."
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