exsiccator

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exsiccator - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Exsiccator \Ex"sic*ca`tor\, n. (Chem.)
     An apparatus for drying substances or preserving them from
     moisture; a desiccator; also, less frequently, an agent
     employed to absorb moisture, as calcium chloride, or
     concentrated sulphuric acid.
     [1913 Webster]