释义 |
black salts In the old potash-making process: Wood ashes after lixiviation and evaporation; impure potassium hydrate. Hence ˈblack-salter, one who makes black salts.
1880E. Kirke Garfield 6 Our future President became prime-minister to a black-salter. 1881Thayer Log Cab. to White Ho. x, Potash..in its crude state, was called ‘black-salts.’ The manufacturer of the article was called a ‘black-salter.’ |