exsiccation

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture.
 * 2) * 1658,, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, London: Edward Dod OCLC 216753971:
 * That which is concreted by exsiccation or expression of humidity, will be resolved by humectification, as earth, dirt and clay.