1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dry.

2. (a.) Adapted or tending to exhaust moisture; as, a drying wind or day; a drying room.

3. (a.) Having the quality of rapidly becoming dry.

Sanforizing air-drying anhydration atrophy attenuation blast-freezing bottling brining canning consumption corning curing dehumidification dehydrating dehydration desiccant desiccation desiccative drainage dry-curing drying up emaceration emaciation embalming evaporation evaporative exsiccant exsiccative freeze-drying freezing fuming insolation irradiation jerking marination mummification parching pickling potting preshrinkage quick-freezing refrigeration salting searing seasoning shrinkage shrinking shriveling siccative smoking stuffing taxidermy thinning tinning wasting withering