desiccating

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desiccating - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Desiccate \Des"ic*cate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Desiccated; p. pr. & vb. n. Desiccating.] [L. desiccatus,
     p. p. of desiccare to dry up; de- + siccare to dry, siccus
     dry. See Sack wine.]
     To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by
     drying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit.
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           Bodies desiccated by heat or age.        --Bacon.
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