kiln-dry

My mouth was kiln-dry and full of the taste of salt, the ugly taste of fear.

The Satan Bug MacLean, Alistair 1962

My mouth was kiln-dry and full of the taste of salt, the ugly taste of fear.

The Satan Bug MacLean, Alistair 1962

My mouth was kiln-dry and full of the taste of salt, the ugly taste of fear.

The Satan Bug MacLean, Alistair 1962

The following figures show the gain in weight by absorption of several coniferous woods, air-dry at the start, expressed in per cent of the kiln-dry weight:

Seasoning of Wood

The Progressive type of dry kiln is adapted to such lines of manufacture that have large quantities of material to kiln-dry where the species to be dried is of a similiar nature or texture, and does not vary to any great extent in its thickness, such, for instance, as:

Seasoning of Wood

Five or six days of ordinarily fine weather will dry the madder sufficiently, when it may be put away till it is convenient to kiln-dry and grind it.

The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. P. L. Simmonds

Bake yourselves, kiln-dry yourselves, if you choose, in your furnaced houses at home, but, if you value your health, "reform that altogether" in Italy.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 31, May, 1860 Various

To kiln-dry properly, a free current of air must be maintained, of sufficient volume to carry off this moisture.

Seasoning of Wood

To ensure fine grinding, it is always advisable to kiln-dry it first.

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With softwoods it is a common practice to kiln-dry direct from the saw.

Seasoning of Wood