单词 | clavellated ashes |
释义 | > as lemmasclavellated ashes 1. in clavellated ashes: ‘Potash of superior quality obtained from the dried and calcined lees of wine, for the use of dyers’ (Godefroy). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > colouring > dyeing > [noun] > material used in dyeing woad ash1354 clavellated ashes1660 slip1667 white bath1791 1660 J. Harding tr. Paracelsus Archidoxis ii. 58 Of the Alkali of the Ashes..we make a clavellated gnawing Salt. 1683 W. Salmon Doron Medicum ii. 504 Clavellated or gravelled Ashes are nothing else but the calx of the Lees of Wine, etc., etc. 1733 J. Arbuthnot Ess. Effects Air Human Bodies 66 Air, transmitted through clavellated Ashes into an exhausted Receiver, loses Weight. < as lemmas |
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