desiccated

Etymology

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of desiccate

adj

  1. dried
    The Learned have Diſtinguiſh’d fire into three Species, 1. Light, that is fire in its proper matter, 2. Flame, that is fire is moiſt Air, 3. Cole, that is fire in a burnt Stick or other Deſiccated matter[…] 1691, John Dunton, editor, The Athenian Mercury, volume II, number 23

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