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.
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- noun The act of operation of
drying ;evaporation orexpulsion ofmoisture .
Etymologies
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Examples
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He knew this, too, that bitter things are suitable; for to dry up wounds requires exsiccation.
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A somewhat different method is followed in Trinidad and Jamaica (in the latter island it can scarcely be said to be cultivated now); but it differs in no essential degree from the principle of gradual exsiccation, and protection from moisture.
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There instead of exsiccation he was confronted by a dreadful humidity, an infertile ooze that seemed almost less susceptible to cultivation than the other.
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In spite of philosophy, I am rather ashamed of this unceremonious exsiccation of your financial river.
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It is a perfect exsiccation, all the fluids are dried up.
An Introduction to the mortuary customs of the North American Indians
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It may now be expected that I should offer some opinion as to the antiquity and race of this singular exsiccation.
A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians
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I have been during the last three months undergoing a process of intellectual exsiccation.
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Owing to this excessive exsiccation, the soil is extremely arid, and will neither bear trees nor plants of any kind; unless when irrigated by means of canals, when it produces almost every vegetable in astonishing abundance.
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Thus the granulations of new flesh to repair the injuries of wounds are visible to the eye; as well as the callous matter, which cements broken bones; the calcareous matter, which repairs injured snail-shells; and the threads, which are formed by silk-worms and spiders; which are all secreted in a softer state, and harden by exsiccation, or by the contact of the air, or by absorption of their more fluid parts.
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“With regard to the relative condition of the peripheral nerve-ends, experiments on the motor nerves go to show that swelling of the terminal ends of these nerves may diminish their excitability to the point of its complete extinction, while it becomes increased by their exsiccation.
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