exsiccation

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exsiccation - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Exsiccation \Ex`sic*ca"tion\, n. [L. exsiccatio: cf. F.
     exsiccation.]
     The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of
     moisture; state of being dried up; dryness. --Sir T. Browne.
     [1913 Webster]