common salt
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of common salt
First recorded in 1670–80
Example Sentences
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De Quervain of Switzerland retold the well-known prophylactic use of iodine in common salt against goitre.
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He uses turpentine, sulfuric acid, common salt, soda ash, aniline, sulfur.
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Interspersed among these rich rare offerings is the common salt of ingenious inventions, pleasant practical devices which immediately add to the flavor of everyday life.
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Dr. Salk tested many, picked Medium No. 199, containing 62 carefully balanced ingredients, from common salt to penicillin, which Toronto's Dr. Raymond C. Parker had developed for culturing cancer cells.
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Let me proceed: "If we pour a solution of common salt into such a U tube, as I do now, you perceive that it also rises to the same level in both ends."
From Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey by Lloyd, John Uri
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