black-saltern.
/ˌblak ˈsɔːltə/, /ˌblak ˈsɒltə/, U.S. /ˈblæk ˈsɔltər/, /ˈblæk ˈsɑltər/ Now historical.
A person who makes potash (black salts).Used chiefly with reference to James Garfield (1831–81), former U.S. President, who worked for such a person in his youth.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of other manufactured materials > [noun] > of other materials
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1866 ‘E. Kirke’ Patriot Boys & Prison Pictures 73 So many ashes never were sold..as during the two years that he flourished his whip about the black-salter's wagon.
1881 E. E. Brown Life James A. Garfield iii. 25 The bright, industrious lad pleased the old black-salter, and he offered him fourteen dollars a month, if he would come and work in his ashery.
1962 Audel's New Mech Dict. 76/2 Black Salter, one who makes crude potash or black salts.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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