drying : Idioms & Phrases

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Drying oil

  • noun an oil that hardens in air due to oxidation and is often used as a paint or varnish base
WordNet
  • 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.
Webster 1913