pearl-ash

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Noun

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pearl-ash (uncountable)

  1. A gray-white powder, having chemical properties of quicklime, made by heating mollusk shells to a temperature sufficient to calcine the material.

References

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  • Universal Dictionary of the English Language [UDE], 1896; under snuff.

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