The Collaborative International Dictionary
Exsiccating
Exsiccate \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.
Wiktionary
exsiccating
vb. (present participle of exsiccate English)