kiln-dry

[kil-drahy, kiln-]

verb (used with object)

kiln-dried, kiln-drying 

1. to dry in a kiln.

Word History and Origins

Origin of kiln-dry¹

First recorded in 1530–40

Example Sentences

“Kiln-dry is 12%. So out there, that’s drying to what a kiln would do.”

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"We mill it, then get it down to what's usable and kiln-dry it. You're not going to be able to build an entire house, but you'll get a couple of window or door frames. It's a pretty cool piece to have in your house."

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Ed completed it two days before our wedding, which left no time for it to kiln-dry.

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But the voice in which he said this was quite out of the picture—less a voice than a croak out of a throat kiln-dry and burning.

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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: Oak flooring plants;Maple flooring plants;Cooperage plants;Large box plants;Furniture factories; etc.

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