siccifIc

[Lat siccificus, from siccus =dry, and facio =to make.] Causing dryne . *sic-çi-ty, s . [Lat. siccitas, from siccus =dry; French siccité .) Destitution of moisture; dryne , aridity. "That which is coagulated by a fiery siccity , will suffer colliquation from an aqueous humidity, as salt and sugar."-Browne: Vulgar Errors, bk. ii., ch. i.