potash
nounEtymology
From pot + ash, because the substance was originally obtained by leaching ash in water and then boiling down the resulting solution in a pot. Compare Dutch potas, German Pottasche.
Definitions
The water-soluble part of wood ash, used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer…
The water-soluble part of wood ash, used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer (chemically speaking, an impure form of potassium carbonate (K₂CO₃) mixed with other potassium salts).
Potassium. Chiefly used in the names of compounds of the form "... of potash".
- permanganate of potash
A class of potassium minerals, of similar applicability to potassium carbonate, such as…
A class of potassium minerals, of similar applicability to potassium carbonate, such as being a fertilizer. (ie. potassium chloride, potassium hydroxide)
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To treat with potassium.
- In order to ascertain the difference between the rapidity of pickling when the tin frames had been potashed and pickling without such treatment, two batches were used.
- Gold ornaments are sand blasted or steel brushed nicely, then potashed,
- After removal from a worker bee they should be potashed in ten percent potassium hydroxide, washed, dehydrated, cleared, and mounted.
A surname.
The neighborhood
Derived
acetate of potash, carbonate of potash, caustic potash, chlorate of potash, chromate of potash, citrate of potash, iridiate of potash, manganate of potash, muriate of potash, nitrate of potash, nitre of potash, osmiate of potash, oxygenated muriate of potash, permanganate of potash, plumbate of potash, potash alum, potash bentonite, potash blue, potashery, potash-feldspar, potash-felspar, potash-granite, potash greensand, potash kettle, potash-lime, potash lye, potash-mica, potash of sulfur, potash of sulphur, potash-water, potash water, silicate of potash, stannate of potash, stannite of potash, sulfate of potash, sulphate of potash, sulfurated potash, sulphurated potash
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at potash. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at potash. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
5 hops · closes at potash
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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