† siˈccation Obs.
[ad. L. siccātio (Pliny), f. siccāre to dry.]
The action or process of drying.
| 1612 Woodall Surgeon's Mate Wks. (1653) 274 Siccation is the drying up of excremental humidity in bodies. 1657 Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 146 Seeds after siccation are reposed in glass vessels. |