exsiccant

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exsiccant - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Exsiccant \Ex*sic"cant\, a. [L. exsiccans, p. pr. of exsiccare.
     See Exsiccate.]
     Having the quality of drying up; causing a drying up. -- n.
     (Med.) An exsiccant medicine.
     [1913 Webster]