clavellated ashes

noun

clavellated ashes

noun

Etymology Compare Late Latin cineres clavelatti (“ashes of burnt lees or dregs of wine”), French clavel (“an inferior sort of soda”), English clavate.

Chemistry, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Obsolete A kind of potash (probably in reference to its having been obtained from billets of wood by burning).

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