common salt

noun

1. salt ¹( def 1 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of common salt¹

First recorded in 1670–80

Example Sentences

And phosphate of lime is also taken up by water containing carbonic acid, or even common salt in solution.

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Two ounces of raw sugar must be mixed with an ounce of common salt and half a spoonful of saltpetre.

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I use a moderate quantity of common salt on meat and potatoes, because there seems to be a natural craving for this.

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These combined in precise proportions are supposed to evaporate in the baking, and leave common salt.

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The marine acid is procured from common salt by the vitriolic acid, which unites with its base, the fossil alkali.

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