| 单词 | potash-water |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspotash-water potash-water n. see sense 2. potash-water 2. Water containing soluble potassium salts; spec. carbonated water containing potassium bicarbonate. Also more fully potash-water. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > aerated or carbonated drink > [noun] mineral water1829 bellywash1874 potash1876 potass1883 fizzy1896 bubble water1947 skoosh1959 carbonate1982 1738 J. Hoofnail New Pract. Improvem. Exper. Colours 12 Powders are made..by precipitating..the Blue with Allum Water, and the Red with Pot-ash Water. 1802 W. Saunders in Med. & Physical Jrnl. 8 492 [N. Paul] has introduced also the gaseous pot-ash waters. 1876 W. Besant & J. Rice Golden Butterfly III. viii. 163 They drank a whole potash-and-brandy each. 1895 Cornhill Mag. Oct. 396 A stiff tumbler of whisky and potash. 1900 J. K. Jerome Three Men on Bummel viii. 180 The white wine of the country, with a little soda-water; perhaps occasionally a glass of Ems or potash. But beer, never. 1963 F. O'Connor Let. 23 Nov. in Habit of Being (1979) 550 Louise threw potash water on Shot last week (she keeps a supply for this purpose) and Regina told her that one of these days she was going to put her eyes out. < as lemmas |
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