exsiccate
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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.
The fresh root, wounded early in the spring, yields and odorous yellow juice, which slowly exsiccated proves an elegant gummy resin, very rich in the virtues of the Angelica.
From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by William Salisbury
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
Equal parts of boric acid and exsiccated alum serve very well in such cases.
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.
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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