simple past tense and past participle of dry-cure

preserved by means of salt

To preserve food using salt (and sometimes sodium nitrite)

(obsolete) tragacanth

A drill worked by hand, not struck with a hammer.

plural of artificial tear drop

A swaging, stamping, or forging machine having either regular or intermittent motion.

plural of drop press

(medicine, surgery) A closed-suction medical device consisting of an internal drain connected to a grenade-shaped bulb via plastic tubing, commonly used for collecting bodily fluids from surgical sites.

Synonym of Jackson-Pratt drain