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desiccative, a. and n.|dɪˈsɪkətɪv, ˈdɛsɪkeɪtɪv|
Also 5–6 desyccatif, dyssyccatiue.
[ad. med.L. dēsiccātīv-us, f. L. dēsiccāt-: see above and -ive.]
A. adj. Having the tendency or quality of drying up.
1541R. Copland Galyen's Terap. 2 A iv b, The faculte of medycyns ought to be desyccatyfe. 1601Holland Pliny xxxi. x, Astringent it is, desiccative, binding, and knitting. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. I. 60 Warm winds, as the Sirocco, Harmatan, etc., are more desiccative than cold winds. 1838T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 429 It is more desiccative than linseed oil.
B. n. A desiccative agent: a desiccant. ? Obs.
c1400Lanfranc's Cirurg. 57 A moist discracie..þou schalt help wiþ desiccativis. 1541R. Copland Guydon's Formularye R iij b, Medycyns that be colde, dyssycatyues, and infrigidatyues. 1601Holland Pliny II. 138 Wheat is such a desiccatiue, that it wil draw and drie vp the wine or any other liquor in a barrell which is buried within it. 1708Brit. Apollo No. 72. 2/1 Coffe is a very great Desiccative. 1758J. S. Le Dran's Observ. Surg. (1771) 201 The Wound..was dressed with..Desiccatives, calcined Alum [etc.]. |