† aluminoseadj.
Obsolete.
= aluminous adj. 1.
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alumish1562
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aluminose1770
1770 Dr. Wall Let. 30 May in Med. Trans. (Royal Coll. of Physicians) (1772) 2 422 The waters of this town..in dry seasons, taste bitter and aluminose.
1846 Parl. Gazetteer Ireland, 1844–5 I. 38/1 A remarkably light chalybeate spring,..and also an aluminose vitriolic spring, occur near Ballycastle.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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