Arefaction

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Arefaction \Ar`e*fac"tion\, n. [L. arefacere to dry.]
     The act of drying, or the state of growing dry.
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           The arefaction of the earth.             --Sir M. Hale.
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