deliquescence

• So he rooted his art, gave it the earth of Poland and its deliquescence is put off to the day when a new system of musical aestheticism will have routed the old, when the Ugly shall be king and Melody the handmaiden of science. —  Chopin : the Man and His Music
• Drops of deliquescence glistened on his forehead, —  Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works
• -- Coprinus comatus, early stages of deliquescence; the ring is lying on the sod (natural size).] —  Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.
• -- Coprinus comatus, later stage of deliquescence, pileus becoming more expanded (natural size).] —  Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.
• Muriat of lime is an instance of great deliquescence. —  Conversations on Chemistry, V. 1-2 In Which the Elements of that Science Are Familiarly Explained and Illustrated by Experiments

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