2. Adjective. Of a garment, not requiring use of a dryer after washing. ¹
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Definition of Nondrying
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nondrying
Literary usage of Nondrying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Tropical Agriculture: The Climate, Soils, Cultural Methods, Crops, Live by Earley Vernon Wilcox (1916)
"The group of fixed oils includes drying oils, semi-drying oils, nondrying oils,
and vegetable fats. Drying oils are characterized by their power to absorb ..."
2. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1916)
"The oils from different species are very similar, are nondrying oils, and possess
an agreeable taste. They are used by the Chinese for culinary, medicinal, ..."
3. Permafrost: North American Contribution [to The] Second International by Building Research Advisory Board Staff (1973)
"... lacquering, or coating with a nondrying petroleum product are successful and
water-base paint unsuccessful, in inhibiting sublimation. ..."
4. The Practical Use of Books and Libraries: An Elementary Manual by Gilbert Oakley Ward (1914)
"... and nondrying, oils, according to the degree to which they thicken by absorbing
oxygen. The animal and vegetable oils, fats, and waxes have been grouped ..."
5. Methods of Organic Analysis by Henry Clapp Sherman (1905)
"While especially characteristic of the drying and semi- drying oils, linoleic
acid is also found in nondrying oils and in small quantity in some of the ..."
6. Methods of Organic Analysis by Henry Clapp Sherman (1905)
"While especially characteristic of the drying and semi- drying oils, linoleic
acid is also found in nondrying oils and in small quantity in some of the ..."
7. The School of Mines Quarterly by Columbia University School of Chemistry (1905)
"While especially characteristic of the drying and semi- drying oils, linoleic
acid is also found in nondrying oils and in small quantity in some of the ..."
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