dryern.

Brit.

/ˈdrʌɪə/, U.S.

/ˈdraɪ(ə)r/

Forms: Also drier.

Etymology: < dry v. + -er suffix¹. The analogical spelling is drier, but dryer is apparently more frequent in the technical applications in senses 2, 3.

One who or that which dries.

a. A thing that removes moisture.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [noun] > making dry > that which

desiccativec1400

dryer1528

desiccant1676

siccative1825

desiccator1837

1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano Regimen Sanitatis Salerni sig. Q iv b Olde dry nuttis are greate driers.

1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. ii. 6 Wind is a Dryer, even as Frost a Cooler.

1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters ii. 73 Salt is justly deemed a drier.

1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 11 Oct. 7/2 The sun and air are good enough driers.

b. A person engaged in drying. Chiefly in combination, as fruit-dryer. Also with up.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [noun] > making dry > one who

dryster14..

dryerman1880

dryer?1881

?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 82 Cardboard and pasteboard making:..Dryer.

?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 64 Woollen cloth manufacture:..Drier.

1889 F. E. Gretton Memory's Harkback xii. 207 As many [hop] plantations are being gathered in about the same time, the drier has his hands full all at once.

1916 E. Blunden Harbingers 24 When the dryer in his oast Had loaded up his lattice-floors.

1941 M. Treadgold We couldn't leave Dinah vi. 99 She took full possession of the sink and Mick leaned up against the table, waiting to fulfil his function as Dryer-up-in-Chief with the dish-cloth.

1944 A. Thirkell Headmistress vi. 135 Captain Hornby was an excellent drier-up and Elsa was secretly much impressed by his demanding a washleather to finish off the spoons.

2. A substance mixed with oil-paints, oils, inks, etc., to make them dry quickly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [noun] > making dry > drying by specific method > substance to dry paint or ink

dryer1840

1840 Penny Cycl. XVII. 145/2 To all paint a little sugar of lead, or litharge (dryers), should be added to make it dry quick.

1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 208 All dryers..have in some degree a pernicious influence on colours.

1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 677/2 By slow degrees a proportion of ‘dryers’ is added [to linseed oil].

1940 Thorpe's Dict. Appl. Chem. (ed. 4) IV. 91/1 The modern method is to heat the oil by means of closed steam coils..while the driers are employed in the soluble form.

1951 R. Mayer Artist's Handbk. (new ed.) iii. 157 Driers or siccatives are metallic salts combined with materials such as oils or resins which mix with the usual paint and varnish ingredients.

1958 T. Landau Encycl. Librarianship 113/2 Drier, a substance used in printing inks to expedite drying by evaporation.

a. (dryer) A mechanical contrivance or apparatus used to remove moisture; a desiccator.

ΚΠ

1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Dryer, 1. The heated tables or cylinders which expel the moisture from the just-formed paper, in the machine. 2. The oven which evaporates the moisture from ceramic work.

1890 Bull. Misc. Information (Royal Gardens, Kew) 145 Gibbs' Patent Tea Dryer..is suitable for drying corn, coffee, manure, hops, brewers' grains and fruit.

b. spec. A hairdryer.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > implements used in styling the hair > [noun] > hairdryer

hairdryer1888

dryer1937

hood dryer1962

blow-dryer1977

1937 E. Hemingway To have & have Not iii. xviii. 253 He put a net over it wet and put me under the dryer.

1955 Punch 27 Apr. 531/1 Clamped down under a drier in the Hairdressing Salon.

1961 B.S.I. News Sept. p. 27 The term ‘hair dryer’ includes the flexible cord and connectors supplied with the dryer. The dryers are classified into the three following types: a. Earthed dryers b. Double-insulated dryers and c. All-insulated dryers.

1961 A. Wilson Old Men at Zoo ii. 106 I was under the drier when this girl started on about it.

4. A substance that dries (quickly or slowly).

ΚΠ

1886 Longman's Mag. 7 379 Olive oil never dries, or at least is the worst drier known.

Derivatives

ˈdryerman n. (also ˈdrierman) a man whose business it is to manage some drying process.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [noun] > making dry > one who

dryster14..

dryerman1880

dryer?1881

1880 Daily Tel. 24 Feb. Paper makers.—Two dryermen.

ˈdryery n. (also ˈdriery) a drying establishment.

ΚΠ

1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 5 Oct. 13/2 The largest and finest peaches going to the cannery..the rest to the dryery.

Draft additions June 2006

dryer sheet n. chiefly North American = fabric softener sheet n. at fabric n. Additions.

ΚΠ

1978 Chicago Tribune 21 Dec. vi. 8 (advt.) Cling Free Dryer Sheets..$1.49.

1993 A. Dacyczyn Tightwad Gaz. ii. 17/2 I asked Jim ‘How come we don't use dryer sheets?’ Jim replied, ‘We don't use our dryer!’ Air-dried clothing is so stiff it couldn't possibly cling.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dryer
释义	dryern. Brit. /ˈdrʌɪə/, U.S. /ˈdraɪ(ə)r/ Forms: Also drier. Etymology: < dry v. + -er suffix¹. The analogical spelling is drier, but dryer is apparently more frequent in the technical applications in senses 2, 3. One who or that which dries. 1. a. A thing that removes moisture. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [noun] > making dry > that which desiccativec1400 dryer1528 desiccant1676 siccative1825 desiccator1837 1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano Regimen Sanitatis Salerni sig. Q iv b Olde dry nuttis are greate driers. 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. ii. 6 Wind is a Dryer, even as Frost a Cooler. 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters ii. 73 Salt is justly deemed a drier. 1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 11 Oct. 7/2 The sun and air are good enough driers. b. A person engaged in drying. Chiefly in combination, as fruit-dryer. Also with up. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [noun] > making dry > one who dryster14.. dryerman1880 dryer?1881 ?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 82 Cardboard and pasteboard making:..Dryer. ?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 64 Woollen cloth manufacture:..Drier. 1889 F. E. Gretton Memory's Harkback xii. 207 As many [hop] plantations are being gathered in about the same time, the drier has his hands full all at once. 1916 E. Blunden Harbingers 24 When the dryer in his oast Had loaded up his lattice-floors. 1941 M. Treadgold We couldn't leave Dinah vi. 99 She took full possession of the sink and Mick leaned up against the table, waiting to fulfil his function as Dryer-up-in-Chief with the dish-cloth. 1944 A. Thirkell Headmistress vi. 135 Captain Hornby was an excellent drier-up and Elsa was secretly much impressed by his demanding a washleather to finish off the spoons. 2. A substance mixed with oil-paints, oils, inks, etc., to make them dry quickly. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [noun] > making dry > drying by specific method > substance to dry paint or ink dryer1840 1840 Penny Cycl. XVII. 145/2 To all paint a little sugar of lead, or litharge (dryers), should be added to make it dry quick. 1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 208 All dryers..have in some degree a pernicious influence on colours. 1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 677/2 By slow degrees a proportion of ‘dryers’ is added [to linseed oil]. 1940 Thorpe's Dict. Appl. Chem. (ed. 4) IV. 91/1 The modern method is to heat the oil by means of closed steam coils..while the driers are employed in the soluble form. 1951 R. Mayer Artist's Handbk. (new ed.) iii. 157 Driers or siccatives are metallic salts combined with materials such as oils or resins which mix with the usual paint and varnish ingredients. 1958 T. Landau Encycl. Librarianship 113/2 Drier, a substance used in printing inks to expedite drying by evaporation. 3. a. (dryer) A mechanical contrivance or apparatus used to remove moisture; a desiccator. ΚΠ 1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Dryer, 1. The heated tables or cylinders which expel the moisture from the just-formed paper, in the machine. 2. The oven which evaporates the moisture from ceramic work. 1890 Bull. Misc. Information (Royal Gardens, Kew) 145 Gibbs' Patent Tea Dryer..is suitable for drying corn, coffee, manure, hops, brewers' grains and fruit. b. spec. A hairdryer. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > implements used in styling the hair > [noun] > hairdryer hairdryer1888 dryer1937 hood dryer1962 blow-dryer1977 1937 E. Hemingway To have & have Not iii. xviii. 253 He put a net over it wet and put me under the dryer. 1955 Punch 27 Apr. 531/1 Clamped down under a drier in the Hairdressing Salon. 1961 B.S.I. News Sept. p. 27 The term ‘hair dryer’ includes the flexible cord and connectors supplied with the dryer. The dryers are classified into the three following types: a. Earthed dryers b. Double-insulated dryers and c. All-insulated dryers. 1961 A. Wilson Old Men at Zoo ii. 106 I was under the drier when this girl started on about it. 4. A substance that dries (quickly or slowly). ΚΠ 1886 Longman's Mag. 7 379 Olive oil never dries, or at least is the worst drier known. Derivatives ˈdryerman n. (also ˈdrierman) a man whose business it is to manage some drying process. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [noun] > making dry > one who dryster14.. dryerman1880 dryer?1881 1880 Daily Tel. 24 Feb. Paper makers.—Two dryermen. ˈdryery n. (also ˈdriery) a drying establishment. ΚΠ 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 5 Oct. 13/2 The largest and finest peaches going to the cannery..the rest to the dryery. Draft additions June 2006 dryer sheet n. chiefly North American = fabric softener sheet n. at fabric n. Additions. ΚΠ 1978 Chicago Tribune 21 Dec. vi. 8 (advt.) Cling Free Dryer Sheets..$1.49. 1993 A. Dacyczyn Tightwad Gaz. ii. 17/2 I asked Jim ‘How come we don't use dryer sheets?’ Jim replied, ‘We don't use our dryer!’ Air-dried clothing is so stiff it couldn't possibly cling. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1528
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