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exsiccation

noun

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin exsiccatio, exsiccationis, from Latin exsicco: compare French exsiccation.

  1. derived from exsicco
  2. borrowed from exsiccatio

Definitions

  1. The act of operation of drying

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

    • That which is concreted by exsiccation or expression of humidity, will be resolved by humectification, as earth, dirt and clay.
    • This property is […] more specific than that of hardening in the air; which may be reckoned a kind of exsiccation, like the drying of clay into bricks.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for exsiccation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA