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Exsiccator

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) An apparatus for drying substances or preserving them from moisture; a desiccator; also, less frequently, an agent employed to absorb moisture, as calcium chloride, or concentrated sulphuric acid.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Exsiccator'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/exsiccator.html. 1828.