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 Salisbury, William

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)

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)

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