drying oil

2 definitions found

drying oil - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Drying \Dry"ing\, a.
     1. Adapted or tending to exhaust moisture; as, a drying wind
        or day; a drying room.
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     2. Having the quality of rapidly becoming dry.
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     Drying oil, an oil which, either naturally or after boiling
        with oxide of lead, absorbs oxygen from the air and dries
        up rapidly. Drying oils are used as the bases of many
        paints and varnishes.
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drying oil - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  drying oil
      n 1: an oil that hardens in air due to oxidation and is often
           used as a paint or varnish base