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sun-dry, v.|ˈsʌndraɪ|
Chiefly in infl. forms sun-dried, sun-drying.
[Back-formation from sun-dried.]
To dry in the sun. a. trans.
1695Disc. Duties on Sugars 4 Muscovado's, not improv'd by Straining, Sundrying, or the like. 1825Southey Tale Paraguay ii. iv, In turtle shells they hoard the scanty rain, And eat its flesh, sun-dried for lack of fire. 1859R. F. Burton Centr. Afr. in Jrnl. Geog. Soc. XXIX. 405 [Tobacco] is prepared for sale in different forms. Everywhere, however, a simple sundrying supplies the place of cocking and sweating. 1893D. J. Rankin Zambesi Basin xiv. 244 The meat..is cut into strips, sun-dried and smoked.
b. intr.
1883Stevenson Treas. Isl. xxix, We'll all swing and sun-dry for your bungling. 1886― Kidnapped iii. 24, I must have the bed and bedclothes aired and put to sun-dry. |