单词 | resiccate |
释义 | † resiccatev. Obsolete. rare. transitive and intransitive. To make (something) dry; = desiccate v. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > dryness > become dry [verb (intransitive)] > have drying effect resiccate1615 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 59 Now the question is concerning these true and properly so called solid parts; whether if they bee resiccated and dried, they may be by Art or Nature moistned again. 1654 W. Charleton Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana iii. xiii. 323 A clodd of Earth, or peice of Cloth, which hath imbibed Water, is far more easily resiccated, than that Earth or Cloth, which hath been dippt in oyle, or melted fat. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Xx4v It calefies moderately, resiccates manifestly, and is somwhat astrictive. Derivatives resiccation n. = desiccation n. a. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [noun] > becoming dry resiccation1615 arescation1628 updrying1658 dry-up1873 dryth1881 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 267 The shutting vp and resiccation of these vessels within a few dayes after the birth. 1660 J. Harding tr. Paracelsus Archidoxis i. 127 The great resiccation, or drying up of such like Medicines. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < v.1615 |
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