drying off (driingof)

The proce by which an amalgam of gold is evaporated, as in gilding. drying-plate (dri'ing-plāt), n. of frames in a malt-kiln, covered with woven wire, and placed one over the other, so that the hot air from the flues beneath may ascend through them and dry malt placed in them. drying-tube (dri'ing-tūb), n. A tube filled with some material having a great avidity for moisture, such as calcium chlorid, sulphuric acid, or phosphoric an hydrid, and used to dry a current of gas which is pa ed through it, or to retain the moisture evolved from a substance so that it can be weighed. Drying-tube.