ROUGHDRY

Etymology

Verb

roughdry (third-person singular simple present roughdries, present participle roughdrying, simple past and past participle roughdried)

(transitive) In laundry work, to dry without smoothing or ironing.

Source: Wiktionary


Rough"dry`, v. t.

Definition: in laundry work, to dry without smoothing or ironing.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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