单词 | rock alum |
释义 | rock alumn. Now chiefly historical. Crystalline alum of high purity, esp. that prepared from Italian alunite. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical substances > salts > [noun] > alums > types > rock alum alum roche?c1425 roche aluma1450 rock alum1651 1651 R. Elkes Approved Med. of Little Cost xii. 29 Then adde... Rock Allum burnt ℥ j. 1678 R. Russel tr. Jabir ibn Haiyan Wks. Geber iv. iv. 246 Glassy or Rock Allom hath a two fold way of Preparation. a1756 E. Haywood New Present (1771) 263 A pound of rock-allum, burnt and beat to powder. 1860 G. W. S. Piesse Lab. Chem. Wonders 107 The name rock or roche alum indicative of good quality. 1910 R. Cobleigh Handy Farm Devices 277 Mix equal parts of gem salt, rock alum, white vinegar, chalk and Peebles powder. 1997 Stud. Conservation 42 85/1 Lake pigments based on alumina-containing substrates, obtained through the interaction of insect or animal dyestuffs with rock alum (potassium aluminium sulphate). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1651 |
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