† spire-alumn.
Obsolete. rare.
Some variety of alum.
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spire-alumc1375
stone-butter1796
rock butter1804
manganese alum1842
tschermigite1868
tamarugite1890
c1375 in F. B. Bickley Little Red Bk. Bristol (1900) II. 6 Qe nul alym soit vsee nule part en la ville en oueraigne forsqe Spyralym, Glasalym, et Bokkan.
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