exsiccation
Example Sentences
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I have been during the last three months undergoing a process of intellectual exsiccation.
From Biographia Epistolaris, Volume 1. by Turnbull, A.
It may now be expected that I should offer some opinion, as to the antiquity and race of this singular exsiccation.
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
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
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)
