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wind-dried

American  
[wind-drahyd] / ˈwɪndˌdraɪd /

adjective

  1. dried or preserved through exposure to wind.


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Skerpikjet—fermented and wind-dried lamb—served on reindeer lichen with mushrooms.

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 11, 2018

Two Faroese delicacies, fermented ocean perch and wind-dried pilot whale, hanging in a shed perforated with air vents.

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 11, 2018

“My teacher in Sichuan used to whip up a quick, casual lunch of yesterday’s rice stir-fried with morsels of homemade wind-dried sausage and other odds and ends,” Ms. Dunlop said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2016

While Port Walter in the southern panhandle is flooded by 18 feet of annual rainfall, the wind-dried North Slope is an Arctic desert that gets only four inches of precipitation a year.

From Time Magazine Archive

Joe added, not a gleam of humor to be seen anywhere in the whole surface of his wind-dried face.

From Trail's End by George W. (George Washington) Ogden

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