Ashes of certain kinds of wood used in forming a lye in soap-making.
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释义 | the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > products of burning > [noun] > ashes or cinders > specific ashes (15) soap-ashes?1520 Ashes of certain kinds of wood used in forming a lye in soap-making. gravelled ashes1579 In various transferred and figurative senses. (see quot. 1706: = French cendre gravelée). bone ash1594 the white, crumbly residue left after bones have been burnt in contact with air, composed chiefly of calcium phosphate and used in making bone… cupel-dusta1626 ashes and dust used in purifying metals. polverine1662 The calcined ashes of a saltwort or glasswort, probably Salsola kali or S. soda, formerly brought from the Middle East and used as a source of soda… peat ash1669 the ash of burnt peat. kelp1679 The calcined ashes of seaweed used in commerce for the sake of the carbonate of soda, iodine, and other substances which they contain; large… clar1683 See quot. 1753. cupel-ashes1683 = cupel-dust n. wood-ash1748 The ash or ashes of burnt wood. bone earth1770 = bone ash n. kelp-ashes1834 white ash1837 Refined sodium carbonate, prepared from black ash (black ash, n.2) by washing with water followed by evaporation. weed ash1841 ashes obtained by burning seaweed; soda ash. fly ash1931 ash resulting from the burning of pulverized coal. |
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