exsiccation

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)

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.

It may now be expected that I should offer some opinion as to the antiquity and race of this singular exsiccation.

From A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians by Yarrow, H. C. (Harry Crécy)

I have been during the last three months undergoing a process of intellectual exsiccation.

From Biographia Epistolaris, Volume 1. by Turnbull, A.

There instead of exsiccation he was confronted by a dreadful humidity, an infertile ooze that seemed almost less susceptible to cultivation than the other.

From The Altar Steps by MacKenzie, Compton