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Definition of Siccatives
1. siccative [n] - See also: siccative
Lexicographical Neighbors of Siccatives
Literary usage of Siccatives
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Technical Methods of Chemical Analysis by Georg Lunge, Charles Alexander Keane, E. Adam, P. Aulich, T. L. Bailey, C. O. Bannister (1914)
"siccatives.2 In the older processes for the manufacture of varnishes the only
drying agents used were oxides of lead and manganese, such as massicot, ..."
2. The Chemistry of Paints and Painting by Arthur Herbert Church (1901)
"CHAPTER XI siccatives OR DRYERS THE terms ... oils which have been thus treated,
and likewise certain resinous solutions, are spoken of as siccatives. ..."
3. The Chemistry of Paints and Painting by Arthur Herbert Church (1890)
"CHAPTER XI siccatives OR DRYERS THE terms ... oils which have been thus treated,
and likewise certain resinous solutions, are spoken of as siccatives. ..."
4. Modern Pigments and Their Vehicles: Their Properties and Uses Considered by Frederick Maire (1907)
"... siccatives General Remarks It has been noted in the descriptions of the various
pigments that some of them were called non-driers. ..."
5. Chemical French: An Introduction to the Study of French Chemical Literature by Maurice Louis Dolt (1918)
"Les huiles non siccatives, comme l'huile d'olive, ne perdent pas leur limpidité
en s'oxydant ... Le peroxyde d'azote ne solidifie pas les huiles siccatives. ..."
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