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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
exsiccate .
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Examples
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Equal parts of boric acid and exsiccated alum serve very well in such cases.
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix
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The margins of the wound were cleansed as heretofore described, a drainage was provided surgically, tincture of iodin was injected and the wound was covered with equal parts of boric acid and exsiccated alum.
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix
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An antiseptic powder composed of equal parts of boric acid and exsiccated alum is employed to protect the wound surfaces and the margins, and the parts are then bandaged.
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix
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The entire wound is then covered with a dusting powder composed of zinc oxide, boric acid, exsiccated alum, phenol and camphor.
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix
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Equal parts of boric acid and exsiccated alum constitute a suitable combination for the treatment of these cases, and this powder should be liberally employed.
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix
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*** An exsiccated body of a female [33] *** was found at the depth of about 10 feet from the surface of the cave bedded in clay strongly impregnated with nitre, placed in a sitting posture, incased in broad stones standing on their edges, with a flat atone covering the whole.
A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians 1884
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In some parts the principal idol found in the caves was the mummied or exsiccated body of some former distinguished priest or chieftain.
Nagualism A Study in Native American Folk-lore and History Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868
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It is then formed into cakes by the hands, and placed in earthen pans to be further exsiccated, when it is covered with the leaves of the poppy, tobacco, or some other plant.
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So we both alleged a state of utter repletion, and did not solve the mystery of the contents of the cupboard, -- not too luxurious, it may be conjectured, and yet kindly offered, so that we felt there was a moist filament of the social instinct running like a nerve through that exsiccated and almost anhydrous organism.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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So we both alleged a state of utter repletion, and did not solve the mystery of the contents of the cupboard, -- not too luxurious, it may be conjectured, and yet kindly offered, so that we felt there was a moist filament of the social instinct running like a nerve through that exsiccated and almost anhydrous organism.
The Poet at the Breakfast-Table Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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