exsiccation
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The Flowers.—It has an exceedingly pleasant smell, which is improved by moderate exsiccation; the taste is sub-saline, and somewhat austere.
From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by William Salisbury
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
I have been during the last three months undergoing a process of intellectual exsiccation.
From Biographia Epistolaris, Volume 1. by A. Turnbull
In spite of philosophy, I am rather ashamed of this unceremonious exsiccation of your financial river.
From Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) by H. Wragg
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 Sir Charles Lyell
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