† polverinen.
Obsolete.
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 (sodium carbonate) in the manufacture of glass.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > glass and glass-like materials > [noun] > glass-making materials
metal1589
saffora1604
massacote1622
frit1662
polverine1662
rochetta1662
tarso1662
Spanish ashes1725
bollito1753
glass-maker's manganese1797
soap of glass1815
cullet1817
muff1820
batch1874
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > vegetable extracts or preparations > [noun] > potash > used in glass-making
saffora1604
barilla1622
massacote1622
polverine1662
rochetta1662
Spanish ashes1725
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > products of burning > [noun] > ashes or cinders > specific ashes
soap-ashes?1520
gravelled ashes1579
bone ash1594
cupel-dusta1626
polverine1662
peat ash1669
kelp1679
clar1683
cupel-ashes1683
wood-ash1748
bone earth1770
kelp-ashes1834
white ash1837
weed ash1841
fly ash1931
1662 C. Merrett tr. A. Neri Art of Glass i. 1 Polverine [It. Il Poluerino], or Rochetta, which comes from the Levant.., is the ashes of a..herb.
1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 104/2 Crystal Fritt, made with Polverine, or Pot-Ashes, and Salt of Tartar.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Crystal Mix this powder with the pure salts of polverine.
1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. Polverine (Chem.), the calcined ashes of a plant.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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