siccare

1 siccare v. secare

2 siccare [CL] 1 to cause (object that has become wet) to become dry, to dry. b to dry (person after bathing, in quot. in fig. context). c (intr.) to (become) dry, to dry out. inde [sc. de aqua fluminis] egrediens ad terram, numquam ipsa vestimenta uda atque algida deponere curabat, donec ex suo corpore calefierent et ~arentur Bede HE V 12 p. 310; ipsi ‥ coriis madefactis et igne ~atis ‥ vitam trahentes, obsidionem ‥ contempserunt P. Blois Ep. 69. 217A; 1364 ad figendum ‥ retia sua ad †sutandum [l. siccandum] super ripam fluminis Cart. Cockersand 387.  b abluere ab omni sorde viciorum, deinde extergere atque ~are instantia precum et exercitio jejuniorum Rob. Bridl. Dial. 187.  c tunc milites ‥ refragantem udis et crudis nervorum nexibus ‥ vinciunt, ut in torrido solis caumate sensim ~antibus nervis vim stricturae ferre nequiret Aldh. VirgP 35 p. 279. 2 to cause (water or flow of water, or other liquid) to dry up; b (in fig. context). c (of natural agency) to cause (land) to become dry, to dry. d (of human agency) to cause (marshy or boggy land) to be drained, to drain. e (pass., of time or season of year) to be(come) dry. quod sanctus ‥ Joel ‥ edixit: ‘ ‥ ~atum est vinum, diminutum est oleum’ Gildas EB 83; nec tamen undantes vincunt incendia limphae, / ignibus aut atris siccantur flumina fontis Aldh. Aen. 54 (Cocuma duplex) 5; ut numquam flueret venarum rivulus ultra, / et dicto citius siccaret sanguinis undam Id. VirgV 1797; Albanus ‥ accessit ad torrentem, et dirigens ad caelum oculos, illico ~ato alveo, vidit undam suis cessisse ac viam dedisse vestigiis Bede HE I 7 p. 20; qui mare siccasti populum per sicca vocasti, / cum superimponis pelagus cuneo Pharaonis R. Cant. Poems 287. 12; ventus ‥ ~ans fontem P. Blois Ep. 62. 185C; ~avit [ME: druhede] Mare Rubrum et paravit eis viam per illud AncrR 79; s1114 Tamesia ~atur Ann. Exon. f. 9.  b fortuna gloriam habet precipitem, / nunc opes influit, nunc siccat gurgitem Walt. Wimb. Carm. 349; fidelis igitur non debet credere in materia fidei fontibus sic ~atis Wycl. Apost. 49.  c at boream cogit frigere remotio solis, / qui dum non transit per mare siccat humum Neckam DS IV 131.  d elices dicuntur sulci majores ad ~andos agros ducti Aldh. PR 114 p. 156; 1275 fecit fossatum mangnum ad ~and' mariscos Hund. I 200a; c1250 fossata ad terram ~andam Kelso 123.  e 1312 quousque carette possent advenire quando tempus ~abatur MinAc 843/3. 3 to cause (thing) to lose inherent moisture, to dry (for purpose of preservation or preparation for use): a (meat or fish); b (heather or ling); c (malt); d (peat or turf for fuel); e (alch.). f (pass.) to dry out, become dry. g (fig. or transf.); h (w. ref. to paralysis or invalidity). a 1302 in auxil' pro carnibus [porcorum] pendend' ~and' de igne facto, vj d. MinAc 997/13; 1357 domos suas in quibus allecia pendere et ~are possent habuerunt Pat 253 m. 7d..  b 1278 in xxxm iiijm de bruere extirpand', ~and', et cariand' Ac. Durh. 488.  c 1284 in stipendiis ‥ j ancille ~antis †brasei [? l. braseum] Ac. Wellingb. 37; 1312 item ~abit ij quar' brasii et habebit forag' vel bruer' quantum pertinet ad tantum brasium ~andum (Cust. Tolleshunt Tresgoz) MS Essex RO D/DC 21/12; 1330 v celdras ‥ [brasei] que provenerunt per exitum molacionis brasei ~ati recepti ExchScot I 325; c1344 item cuidam mulieri ~anti brasium Ac. Trin. Dublin 35; 1346 in cccc rosci emptis pro brasio ~ando Rec. Elton 325; est officium, Anglice an ost, ad ~anda grana ordei ad faciendam serviciam W. Worc. Itin. 290.  d c1180 concedo etiam eis eadem aysiamenta in terra ejusdem David ad focalia sua [sc. peat] ~anda Regesta Scot. 191; c1250 et faciendo commodum suum ‥ sive petas ~ando, sive domum vel sepem faciendo ad petas suas Kelso 123; 12‥ quoddam pratum ‥ ad ~andum super illud turbam suam Reg. S. Aug. 413; c1273 de turbis et petis fodiendis, ~andis, et capiendis (Congleton) BBC 79; c1280 possint ‥ illas turbas sictare Reg. S. Bees 387; 1336 in iiijc carettatis turbarum, fodiendis, ~andis, et reparandis DL MinAc 242/3886 m. 4; 1339 circa petas ‥ fodiend', portand', ~and', et rickland' ‥ pro focali Ac. Durh. 536.  e lac virgineum ‥ destilla usque ad feces, quas ~atas imbibe cum modico sue aque Ripley 344.  f avelle ‥ ramum ab arbore, et ~atur P. Blois Ep. 47. 140A; nimphea ‥ radix nigra et aspera et nodosa [et] in autumpno ~atur Alph. 126.  g jam fustigancium languescunt robora, / jam conspuencium siccantur pectora Walt. Wimb. Carm. 544; siccato gutture prius aresceret / quam dictam bestiam ad plenum pingeret Id. Palpo 150; sed decorticatur postmodum per laudes humanas, ~atur [ME: adruheð] interius et amittit suavitatem gracie Dei per quam apparuit viride AncrR 48.  h illi [latrones] ‥ elevaverunt manus ad interficiendum eum, set statim quasi lapides ~ati sunt, non valentes se movere (Cainnicus 5) VSH I 153; currentesque illi ad sanctum, nullo modo jugulare potuerunt eum, quia volentes arma vibrare, manus eorum ~abant [v. l. ~abantur] (Carthagus 27) Ib. I 180.