A secondary dressing must be applied to prevent the alginate from drying out.
Adding a little extra water or oil prevent s baked goods from drying out.
The walls thus supported no load but their own weight, and were tied to the inner cage formed by the wall columns, interior columns, girders, and floors by anchors arranged to provide for the shrinkage of masonry in drying out which always occurs to a greater or less extent.
The resistance to drying out means that onion couch is less affected by rotary cultivations than common couch.
A secondary action of using PI is the drying out of slough which facilitates sharp debridement.