| 单词 | mother-lye |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmother-lye mother-lye n. now historical the mother liquor of an alkali (also figurative). ΚΠ 1756 F. Home Exper. Bleaching 25 Out of their first or mother lye, the second..is made in this manner. 1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 3 82 These mother-leys still contain a certain quantity of caustic soda. c1865 J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 331/2 The fluid from which crystals are precipitated is called mother-lye. 1921 Sci. Monthly Aug. 111 The primal impulse by which worlds evolved out of chaos, nebulae or any other mother-lye. < as lemmas |
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