exsiccation
- a word derived from exsiccate.
Example Sentences
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It is a perfect exsiccation, all the fluids are dried up.
From An Introduction to the mortuary customs of the North American Indians by Yarrow, H. C. (Harry Crécy)
The aërial current, now deprived of all the humidity with which it can part, arrives in a state of complete exsiccation at Peru, where consequently no rain falls.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
I have been during the last three months undergoing a process of intellectual exsiccation.
From Biographia Epistolaris, Volume 1. by Turnbull, A.
In spite of philosophy, I am rather ashamed of this unceremonious exsiccation of your financial river.
From Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) by Wragg, H.
He knew this, too, that bitter things are suitable; for to dry up wounds requires exsiccation.
From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch
