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drying vbl n See DRY1 v. DC ~ stage 1 Nfld (1907). The
process of removing natural moisture from a split and salted cod-fish by exposure to sun
and wind. Attrib in designations of structures where the process takes place: ~ flake
[see FLAKE], ~ stage [see STAGE].
[1693] 1793 REEVES
ii ... and liberty to go on shore on any part of Newfoundland, or any of the said
islands, for the curing, salting, drying, and husbanding of their fish, and for making of
oil, and to cut down wood and trees there for building and making or repairing of stages.
1861 DE BOILIEU 31 The cod is now placed in what is called salt-bulk, where it may remain
any period of time; for, so long as fish is being caught in the bay, so long will the
'drying' and 'washing'—which constitute the final process—be delayed. 1904
DUNCAN 17 ... the little shop and storehouse and the broad drying-flakes and the wharf.
1907 MILLAIS 148 The women work on the drying stages as well as the men, laying out the
fish whenever the sun shines, and piling into heaps under layers of bark whenever it
threatened to rain. 1937 Seafisheries of Nfld 49 The extra quantity of salt used
in curing drives out additional moisture and obviates the necessity of prolonged drying.
1953 Nfld Fish Develop Report 62 With 80 drying days and giving each lot of fish
eight spreads, a total of 10 lots of fish can be dried. 1979 COOPER 20 "The Fish Wife":
The women plant and cultivate their gardens, / And tend the fish upon the drying-flakes.
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