Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act or operation of drying; evaporation of moisture; desiccation; dryness.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture; state of being dried up; dryness.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture.

Etymologies

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Latin exsiccatio: compare French exsiccation.

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