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(1):

(n.) One that desiccates

(2):

(n.) A short glass jar fitted with an air-tight cover, and containing some desiccating agent, as calcium chloride, above which is placed the material to be dried or preserved from moisture.

(3):

(n.) A machine or apparatus for drying fruit, milk, etc., usually by the aid of heat; an evaporator.

(4):

(n.) 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.

(5):

(n.) One who, or that which, desiccates.