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noun

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.

(Paint.) Drying oil; a substance mingled with the oil used in oil painting to make it dry quickly.

adjective

Drier adj. compar. Compar. of Dry, a.

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Etymology of 'Drier'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Drier" Quotes from Famous Books

... crossed the paddocks, and once more pushed open the creaking door. The orange peel lay just where he had seen it before, only it was a little drier and more dead-looking. The hair ribbon was in exactly the same knot. The ladder creaked in just the same place, and again threatened to break his neck when he reached the top. The dominoes were there still, the ham-bone and ...

— Seven Little Australians • Ethel Sybil Turner

... which gives to eastern Tierra del Fuego a higher temperature than that of the western shore. The Andes, although much broken in these latitudes, also exert a modifying influence on these eastern districts, sheltering them from the cold westerly storms and giving them a drier climate. This accounts for the surprising meteorological data obtained from Punta Arenas, in 53 deg. 10' S., where the mean annual temperature is 43.2 deg. and the annual rainfall only 22.5 in. Other observations reduce this annual precipitation to less than 16 in. According to observations ...

— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 - "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" • Various

... with small lakes which communicated with each other by streams running in various directions. No berry-bearing plants were found in this part, the surface of the earth being thinly covered in the moister places with a few grasses, and on the drier spots with lichens. ...

— The Journey to the Polar Sea • John Franklin

... gets towards Kudum, where one strikes the Sefid River, we begin to rise and the country gets more hilly and arid. We gradually leave behind the oppressive dampness, which suggests miasma and fever, and begin to breathe air which, though very hot, is drier and purer. We have risen 262 feet at Kudum from 77 feet, the altitude of Resht, and as we travel now in a south-south-west direction, following the stream upwards, we keep getting higher, the elevation at Rustamabad being already 630 feet. We leave behind the undulating ground, ...

— Across Coveted Lands - or a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta Overland • Arnold Henry Savage Landor

... wait to do my prancing on, dry ground," Jud advised them as he waded across. "It's safer and drier." ...

— Four Little Blossoms at Brookside Farm • Mabel C. Hawley

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