siccative

[ sik-uh-tiv ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

siccative

/ ˈsɪkətɪv /

a substance added to a liquid to promote drying: used in paints and some medicines

1540–50; < Late Latin siccātīvus, equivalent to Latin siccāt ( us ) (past participle of siccāre to dry up; sack ³, -ate ¹ ) + -īvus -ive

C16: from Late Latin siccātīvus, from Latin siccāre to dry up, from siccus dry

If you put a little siccative de Harlem in it, or use any picture varnish thinned with turpentine, it will serve well enough.

In his researches, he discovered the use of linseed and nut oil, which he found most siccative.

Sulphate of zinc, as a siccative, is less powerful than acetate of lead, but is far preferable in a chemical sense.

These agents might, with advantage, be more generally used in the place of litharge for rendering oils siccative.

Oils made siccative by means of litharge are therefore liable to be damaged by foul gas.

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