| | : IMO we should just say "one who or that which dries", unless and until there is a sense of the word that is hugely common and accepted for some specific sense. Something like ''hair-drier'' is probably worth a separate line because people would talk about being unable to find a "drier" etc. [[User:Equinox|Equinox]] [[User_talk:Equinox|◑]] 22:35, 29 August 2011 (UTC) | | : IMO we should just say "one who or that which dries", unless and until there is a sense of the word that is hugely common and accepted for some specific sense. Something like ''hair-drier'' is probably worth a separate line because people would talk about being unable to find a "drier" etc. [[User:Equinox|Equinox]] [[User_talk:Equinox|◑]] 22:35, 29 August 2011 (UTC) |
| | ::I an paper-making plant or almost any material-processing operation there will be a piece of equipment called a "dryer" or "drier". [[[[dryer#Noun]]]] seems to handle it adequately, but perhaps hair dryer and clothes dryer, could be included as "especiallies". Which is the more common spelling in the UK, Canada, etc? "Dryers" seems about 20 times more common than "driers" in current US newspapers. [[User: DCDuring |DCDuring]] <small >[[User talk: DCDuring|TALK]]</small > 23:15, 29 August 2011 (UTC) | | ::I an paper-making plant or almost any material-processing operation there will be a piece of equipment called a "dryer" or "drier". [[[[dryer#Noun]]]] seems to handle it adequately, but perhaps hair dryer and clothes dryer, could be included as "especiallies". Which is the more common spelling in the UK, Canada, etc? "Dryers" seems about 20 times more common than "driers" in current US newspapers. [[User: DCDuring |DCDuring]] <small >[[User talk: DCDuring|TALK]]</small > 23:15, 29 August 2011 (UTC) |
| | + | ::[[Citations:drier]] has a citation which doesn't fit any of my above definitions, "The sun and air are good enough driers." The sun isn't a machine, tool, substance or person. [[User:Mglovesfun|Mglovesfun]] ([[User talk:Mglovesfun|talk]]) 08:23, 30 August 2011 (UTC) |
