spin-dry, v.
(spɪnˈdraɪ)
Also spin dry. Inflected both as for spin v. (dry taken as adj.) and dry v.
[f. spin v. + dry v. or dry a.]
trans. To remove excess water from (washing) by spinning it rapidly in a rotating perforated drum; to dry partially in a spin-drier. Also absol.
| 1927 Sat. Even. Post 19 Mar. 135 It takes the Savage [Washer & Dryer] just one-tenth the time to spin-dry the entire load in its own tub. 1951 Good Housek. Home Encycl. 304/1 The automatic type..will..spin-dry the clothes at a turn of the switch. 1958 Observer 2 Mar. 10/3 If clothes are spin-dried after soaking, much of their dirt goes out with the water. 1958 Times 2 June p. ix/5 Thus clothes can be boiled and then spun-dry ready for ironing. 1960 Guardian 15 Feb. 4/4 Finally, it [sc. a washing-machine] spins-dry. 1976 Country Life 22 Jan. 211/2 Give it a cool wash, however and spin dry if you like. |
So ˈspin-dry n.; spin-ˈdrying vbl. n.
| 1932 House Beautiful Jan. 50/2 The newest models [of washing machines] include a drying feature known as the ‘spin dry’ or ‘extractor’. Ibid. 51/1 If the ‘spin dry’ is to work efficiently, it must not be overloaded, and clothes should be evenly distributed. 1956 Archit. Rev. CXX. 346/1 Spin-drying considerably reduces the line-drying time as opposed to wringing. 1962 Which? Aug. 238/1 Too much spin drying can set creases in drip dry cottons. 1978 P. Porter Cost of Seriousness 36 When I start an allegro It's planned like those washing programmes Right through to the spin-dry. |