pearlash

[ purl-ash ]

noun

1. commercial potassium carbonate.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pearlash¹

First recorded in 1720–30; pearl + ash ¹

Example Sentences

Thousands of wagon loads of pure saleratus and pearlash could be got here.

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If any kind of acid be taken, in poisonous quantities, give strong pearlash-water.

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Be careful to drain them well, and not to let any gilding, or bronze, be injured by the pearlash-water coming in contact with it.

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It is a rule never to use pearlash for Indian, unless to correct the sourness of milk; it injures the flavor of the meal.

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The potash should be purified from the best pearlash; and the borax should be refined by one or two crystallizations.

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