Part 2994

<blockquote>A person of great <b>deservings</b> from the republic. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Deserving</h1> <Xpage=397>

<hw>De*serv"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Meritorious; worthy; <as>as, a <ex>deserving</ex> or act</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>De*serv"ing*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Deshabille</h1> <Xpage=397>

<hw>Des`ha*bille</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>d\'82shabill\'82</ets>, fr. <ets>d\'82shabiller</ets> to undress; pref. <ets>d\'82s-</ets> (L. <ets>dis-</ets>) + <ets>habiller</ets> to dress. See <er>Habiliment</er>, and cf. <er>Dishabille</er>.]</ety> <def>An undress; a careless toilet.</def>

<h1>Desiccant</h1> <Xpage=397>

<hw>De*sic"cant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>desiccans</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>desiccare</ets>. See <er>Desiccate</er>.]</ety> <def>Drying; desiccative.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def> <fld>(Med.)</fld> A medicine or application for drying up a sore.</def></def2>

<i>Wiseman.</i>

<h1>Desiccate</h1> <Xpage=397>

<hw>Des"ic*cate</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Desiccated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Desiccating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>desiccatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>desiccare</ets> to dry up; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>siccare</ets> to dry, <ets>siccus</ets> dry. See <er>Sack</er> wine.]</ety> <def>To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by drying; <as>as, to <ex>desiccate</ex> fish or fruit</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Bodies <b>desiccated</b> by heat or age. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Desiccate</h1> <Xpage=397>

<hw>Des"ic*cate</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To become dry.</def>

<h1>Desiccation</h1> <Xpage=397>

<hw>Des`ic*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>dessiccation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of desiccating, or the state of being desiccated.</def>

<h1>Desiccative</h1> <Xpage=397>

<hw>De*sic"ca*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>dessicatif</ets>.]</ety> <def>Drying; tending to dry.</def> <i>Ferrand</i>. -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An application for drying up secretions.</def></def2>

<h1>Desiccator</h1> <Xpage=397>

<hw>Des"ic*ca`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which, desiccates.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A short glass jar fitted with an air-tight cover, and containing some desiccating agent, as sulphuric acid or calcium chloride, above which is suspended the material to be dried, or preserved from moisture.</def>

<h1>Desiccatory</h1> <Xpage=397>

<hw>De*sic"ca*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Desiccative.</def>

<h1>Desiderable</h1> <Xpage=397>

<hw>De*sid"er*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Desirable.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> "Good and <i>desiderable</i> things."

<i>Holland.</i>

<h1>Desiderata</h1> <Xpage=397>

<hw>De*sid`e*ra"ta</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <def>See <er>Desideratum</er>.</def>