\Ex"sic*cate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Exsiccated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exsiccating}.] [L. exsiccatus,
p. p. of exsiccare to dry up; ex out + siccare to make dry,
siccus dry.]
To exhaust or evaporate moisture from; to dry up. --Sir T.
Browne.