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单词 alum water
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alum watern.

Brit. /ˈaləm ˌwɔːtə/, U.S. /ˈæləm ˌwɔdər/, /ˈæləm ˌwɑdər/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; partly modelled on a Latin lexical item, partly modelled on a Middle Low German lexical item, and partly modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: alum n.1, water n.
Etymology: < alum n.1 + water n., after post-classical Latin aqua aluminosa (a1250), aqua aluminis (13th cent.), and aqua aluminata (14th cent. in the passage translated in quot. ?a1425 at alum v.), and also Middle Low German allūnwāter, Middle High German alūnwazzer (German Alaunwasser ); compare also early uses of alum v. and aluminous adj.
Water containing dissolved alum, used for various purposes (cf. alum n.1 1).
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a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. liii. 1318 Som cometh of veynes of þe erþe, as..water nitrum and alime [L. aqua..aluminosa].]
?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 97 If sich cancrose vlcerez be not cured wiþ alum water [L. aqua aluminosa]..it pleseþ..þat þai be cauterized.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. xxx. 697 Soked, or delayed in allom water.
1656 tr. J. A. Comenius Latinæ Linguæ Janua Reserata: Gate Lat. Tongue Unlocked xlix. §493 Hee wetteth with allom-water every sheet of thinner paper.
1738 G. Smith tr. Laboratory i. 28 Boil the Work either in Alom-Water, or..Aqua Fortis.
1801 R. Leslie Let. 3 Aug. in T. Jefferson Papers (2008) XXXV. 16 It has only been boiled in alum water, to whitein [sic] it.
1941 E. Dick Vanguards of Frontier xi. 264 Floors had to be put in and the inside lined with calico... This was dipped in alum water to give it fireproof qualities.
2004 L. Nottage Product Safety & Liability Law Japan iii. 86 The urchins were..washed with alum water (myobansui), then placed with plastic pincers onto shelves with a plastic top.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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