Desiccating

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

  Desiccate \Des"ic*cate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Desiccated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Desiccating}.] [L. desiccatus,
     p. p. of desiccare to dry up; de- + siccare to dry, siccus
     dry. See {Sack} wine.]
     To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by
     drying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit.


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           Bodies desiccated by heat or age.        --Bacon.
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