Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Seccá-re, v. a.
1. to dry, dry up; 2. to demand the interest for money lent; 3. to ruin, dissipate, exhaust; 4. to incommode, weary, vex;v. r. 1. to be dried up; 2. to become para<*> lyzed; s. m. Seccá-tóre, f. Seccá-tríce; adj. Seccá-nte.
Sécco, s. m. pl. chi,
1. siccity, dryness, aridity, drought; 2. dry wood or branches, fire wood.Il — e l'umido, dryness and moisture. A tempo di —, in time of drought. Murare a —,to build a stone wall without mortar; to eat without drinking. Rimanere a —, to be puzzled, not to know what to say. Anfanare in —, to labour in vain. Saper di —, to taste or smell of the wood (speaking of wine, &c.). Dire o fare che che si sia di — in —, to say or do any thing without consideration. Restare, rimanere a —, to be stranded, to run aground; (fig.) to be abandoned.
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seccare: to dry vp, to make dry. Also to tire or wearie one with talke, as if one did dry vp all his patience.
secco: dry, saplèsse, burnt, barren, without moisture, scorched, withered. Also importunate or tedious in talking. Also barren of wit of shallow of inuention. Also as Sécca. Looke Rimanére in sécco.