v. Chiefly in infl. forms sun-dried, sun-drying. [Back-formation from SUN-DRIED.] To dry in the sun. a. trans.
1695. Disc. Duties on Sugars, 4. Muscovado’s, not improv’d by Straining, Sundrying, or the like.
1825. Southey, Tale Paraguay, II. iv. In turtle shells they hoard the scanty rain, And eat its flesh, sun-dried for lack of fire.
1859. R. F. Burton, Centr. Afr., in Jrnl. Geog. Soc., XXIX. 405. [Tobacco] is prepared for sale in different forms. Everywhere, however, a simple sundrying supplies the place of cocking and sweating.
1893. D. J. Rankin, Zambesi Basin, xiv. 244. The meat … is cut into strips, sun-dried and smoked.
b. intr.
1883. Stevenson, Treas. Isl., xxix. We’ll all swing and sun-dry for your bungling. Ibid. (1886), Kidnapped, iii. 24. I must have the bed and bedclothes aired and put to sun-dry.
