exsiccate
Americanverb (used with object)
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to dry or remove the moisture from, as a substance.
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to dry up, as moisture.
verb (used without object)
verb
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Etymology
Origin of exsiccate
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin exsiccātus dried up, past participle of exsiccāre to dry up, equivalent to ex- ex- 1 + siccāre to dry, make dry; see -ate 1
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The entire wound is then covered with a dusting powder composed of zinc oxide, boric acid, exsiccated alum, phenol and camphor.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix
On August 13, 1878, I obtained letters patent for the exclusive right to use exsiccated ammonia alum in baking powders.
Equal parts of boric acid and exsiccated alum constitute a suitable combination for the treatment of these cases, and this powder should be liberally employed.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix
With this simple introduction I now avow myself the originator and patentee of exsiccated ammonia alum baking powder.
The use of exsiccated ammonia alum has been declared unhealthful by the advocates of other baking powders, and every manufacturer using it has been held up for public reprobation.
After more than a thousand experiments covering a period of six months, I discovered by exsiccating ammonia alum I provided an article that would possess the necessary qualities.
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