exsiccation

Example Sentences

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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 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)

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.

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

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