Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Exsiccation
Ex′sic·ca′tion (ĕks′sĭk·kā′shŭn), n. [L. exsiccatio: cf. F. exsiccation.] The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture; state of being dried up; dryness. Sir T. Browne.