Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
siccative .
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Examples
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Quae gestatae infelicem et tristem reddunt, curas augent, corpus siccant, somnum minuunt.
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De pellibus boum faciunt vtres magnos, quos mirabiliter siccant ad fumum.
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Vnde tunc si contingat eis mori bouem vel equum, siccant carnes scindendo per tenues pecias et suspendendo ad solem et ventum, quæ statim sine sale siccantur absque aliquo fætore.
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Vnde tunc si contingat eis mori bouem vel equum, siccant carnes scindendo per tenues pecias et suspendendo ad solem et ventum, qu� statim sine sale siccantur absque aliquo f鎡ore.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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De pellibus boum faciunt vtres magnos, quos mirabiliter siccant ad fumum.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Languida odoratis effusi corpora ripis Pocula purpurei siccant halantia Bacchi.
Musæ etonenses: [Herbert, William, dean of Manchester], 1778-1847, [from old catalog] ed 1795
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"Thus sang Dénise, what while the siccant sheets and coverlets that pillowed kingly dreams, with curious undergarbs of royalty, she neatly ranged: and dreamed not of that doom which waited, yet unborn, to strike men dumb with perfect awe.
Figures of Earth James Branch Cabell 1918
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