α. 1500s through dry.
β. 1700s–1800s thorough-dry.
† thorough-dryv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To dry thoroughly.
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?1574 T. Hill Contempl. Myst. 61 The baked Tyles, which framed before of moyst and soft clay, are after through dryed and baked harde as a stone of the burning fyre.
1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) I. 184 Firing..must be long continued to thorough-dry so many together.
1854 Encycl. Brit. IV. 767/2 They are then pressed nearly dry, and are thorough-dried on a tin cylinder heated by steam.
1889 A. Robinson California 111 Lying there, stretched in the sun, Till thorough dried.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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