Desiccation: alternatives and connections

The state of being dry. See Dry.

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The act of extracting, or drawing out; as, the extraction of a tooth, of a bone or an arrow from the body, of a stump from earth, of a passage from a…

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The act or the process of inspissating, or thickening a fluid substance, as by evaporation; also, the state of being so thickened.

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To deprive of water; to render free from water; as, to dehydrate alcohol.

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To deprive of water; to render free from water; as, to dehydrate alcohol.

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To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by drying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit.

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To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by drying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit.

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The act or process of freeing from water; also, the condition of a body from which the water has been removed.

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The process by which any substance is converted from a liquid state into, and carried off in, vapor; as, the evaporation of water, of ether, of camph…

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