Hypertext Webster Gateway: "desiccated"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Desiccate \Des"ic*cate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Desiccated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Desiccating}.] [L. desiccatus,
p. p. of desiccare to dry up; de- + siccare to dry, siccus
dry. See {Sack} wine.]
To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by
drying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit.

Bodies desiccated by heat or age. --Bacon.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

desiccated
adj 1: thoroughly dried out; "old boxes of desiccated Cuban
cigars"; "dried-out boards beginning to split" [syn: {dried-out}]
2: preserved by removing natural moisture; "dried beef"; "dried
fruit"; "dehydrated eggs"; "shredded and desiccated
coconut meat" [syn: {dried}, {dehydrated}]
3: lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless; "a technically perfect
but arid performance of the sonata";l "a desiccate
romance"; "a prissy and emotionless creature...settles
into a mold of desiccated snobbery"-C.J.Rolo [syn: {arid},
{desiccate}]

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