drying ppl adjective. ['drʌɪɪŋ] LME.
[from DRY verb + -ING².]
That dries; causing drying; in the process of drying. spec. that dries quickly.
drying oil: that thickens or hardens on exposure to air.
■ W. B. Carpenter A cold drying wind.
■ W. Faulkner His boots and puttees not caked with the drying mud of trenches.

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drying verbal noun. ['drʌɪɪŋ] LME.
[from DRY verb + -ING¹.]
The action of DRY verb. Also drying-off, drying-out, drying-up.
■ H. Oldenburg The too hasty drying thereof spoils it.
■ I. Shaw Jean was spending more and more time in drying-out clinics.

Attrib. & comb.:
in the sense 'used in or for drying something', as drying-closet, drying-floor, drying-green, drying-rack, etc. Special combs., as drying-day a specified (good etc.) type of day for the drying of washing outdoors.

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