v. trans. To dry in a kiln.
c. 1540. Plumpton Corr., 237. As for barly, is now much redy & in chambers … Yowr men also kiln dry.
1573. Tusser, Husb. (1878), 127. The hop kell dride, will best abide.
1649. Blithe, Eng. Improv. Impr. (1653), 260. Drying it up, and housing it, and kilne-drying it.
1727. Bradley, Fam. Dict., s.v. Bean, The best way is to kiln-dry them [beans], or to dry ’em well in the Sun.
1846. M’Culloch, Acc. Brit. Empire (1854), I. 363. Much … of the corn of Ireland could not be preserved, unless it were kiln-dried.
Hence Kiln-dried ppl. a., Kiln-drying vbl. sb.
1823. J. Badcock, Dom. Amusem., 28. Heat, i. e. kiln-drying,… will not answer the end proposed.
1854. Ronalds & Richardson, Chem. Technol. (ed. 2), I. 189. Kiln-dried earthy lignite (20 per cent moisture and no ash).
