Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A building, room, etc., in establishments of many different kinds, as gunpowder-works, dye-houses, fruit-drying establishments, etc., where goods or materials are dried in an artificially raised temperature; a drying-chamber. Also dry-house, drying-room.
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Examples
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He spoke to me a little about a plan he had in mind for a big drying-house for hay and corn.
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The larger cords or cylinders are cut into the proper lengths and exposed upon trays in the drying-house.
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It is therefore desirable to keep the nuts, when first collected, for eight or ten days out of the drying-house, exposing them at first for an hour or so to the morning sun, and increasing the exposure daily until they shake in the shell.
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"We've quite water enough in our kitchen, without making it a drying-house."
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 2 Charles Herbert Sylvester
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The model of a perfect drying-house is easily to be obtained.
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The usual buildings upon such places are a dwelling house, a drying-house, a few sheds for cattle, and perhaps a small _bohio_ (hut), or two, made in the rudest manner, for the shelter of the hands, who, upon some of the very largest places number twenty or thirty, though not always negroes -- for this portion of the labor of the island seems to be performed by the lower classes of whites.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce E. R. Billings
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In villages it is usual to send bacon and hams to be dried in the chimneys of farm-houses where wood is burnt, in the old-fashioned manner, on dogs; but if resident in or near a small town, there is always a drying-house to be met with, where we believe sawdust is used for fuel.
Our Farm of Four Acres and the Money we Made by it Miss Coulton
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"We've quite enough water in our kitchen, without making it a drying-house."
The Ontario Readers Third Book Ontario. Ministry of Education
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After fully curing, the tobacco is removed to another drying-house and turned every day.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce E. R. Billings
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On the Hopewell estate, in St. Vincent, where the chief improvements have been carried out, the drying-house is constructed like the hot-house of an English garden.
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