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Definition of Dry clean
1. Verb. Clean with chemical agents. "They dry clean the cape "
Definition of Dry clean
1. Verb. To clean clothes or other fabrics through a process that uses solvents and specialized equipment instead of using water. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dry Clean
Literary usage of Dry clean
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1899)
"... and when finished with they should be carefully cleaned, dried, and put in a
dry, clean place until required for future use. Scalpels with metal handles ..."
2. Farm and Garden Rule-book: A Manual of Ready Rules and Reference with by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1911)
"3 White Kaffir Corn — Shall be seven-eighths white, not dry, clean or sound enough
for No. 2. No. 4 White Kaffir Corn — Shall be seven-eighths white that is ..."
3. Fundamentals of Military Service by Lincoln Clarke Andrews, Leonard Wood (1916)
"Lather thickly each strap and rein with saddle soap and let it dry in, when nearly
dry clean and polish with soft dry cloth, being careful to remove all ..."
4. The Homoeopathic domestic medicine by Joseph Laurie (1883)
"... down during the intervals between the administration, and keep them in a dark,
dry, clean, and cool place, totally free from odor or scent of any kind. ..."
5. Productive Farm Crops by Edward Gerrard Montgomery (1916)
"Shall be mixed milo maize, not dry, clean or sound enough for No. 2. No. 4 Milo
Maize.—Shall include all mixed milo maize that is badly damaged, damp, ..."
6. Every Man His Own Gardener: The Complete Gardener : Being a Gardener's by John Abercrombie, Thomas Mawe (1832)
"... to let them be laid only two or three layers thick, otherwise may lay them in
several layers one upon another; covering the whole with dry clean straw, ..."
7. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1917)
"The unit of gas considered would consist of a total of 1.1224 Ib. of matter, and
a calculation of the sensible heat energy of 1 Ib. of dry, clean, ..."
8. Annual Report of the Trade and Commerce of Chicago by Chicago Board of Trade (1919)
"3 WHITE KAFFIR CORN shall be seven-eighths white, not dry, clean or sound enough
for No. 2. No. 4 WHITE KAFFIR CORN shall be seven-eighths white, ..."
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