† clarn.
Obsolete.
See quot. 1753.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > products of burning > [noun] > ashes or cinders > specific ashes
soap-ashes?1520
gravelled ashes1579
bone ash1594
cupel-dusta1626
polverine1662
peat ash1669
kelp1679
clar1683
cupel-ashes1683
wood-ash1748
bone earth1770
kelp-ashes1834
white ash1837
weed ash1841
fly ash1931
1683 J. Pettus tr. L. Ercker i. vii. §1, in Fleta Minor i How good Clar is to be made..Take these burnt Ashes..grind them..very fine..that they may be very clear (of which clear preparation the Clar hath its Appellation) [tr. 1580 Laz. Erker Mineralerzt Von welcher klarer Preparirung die Clär dann den namen hat].
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Clar or Claer, in metallurgy, bone ashes perfectly calcined, and finely powdered, kept..for the covering the insides of coppels [cupels].
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