argol

American  

[ahr-guhl] / ˈɑr gəl /

Or argal

noun

1. a crude tartar, produced as a by-product in casks by the fermentation of wine grapes, used as a mordant in dyeing, in the manufacture of tartaric acid, and in fertilizers.

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argol British  

/ ˈɑːɡɒl /

noun

1. crude potassium hydrogentartrate, deposited as a crust on the sides of wine vats

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Etymology

Origin of argol

1350–1400; Middle English argul, argoile < Anglo-French argoil ≪ Latin argilla argil

Example Sentences

The President would be voted a bigger, better "argol list," with authority to cut duties up to 50% in return for foreign concessions.

From Time Magazine Archive

England takes from Holland great quantities of fine Holland linen, threads, tapes, and incles; whale fins, brass battery, madder, argol, with a large number of other commodities and toys; clapboard, wainscot, &c.

From London in 1731 by Gonzales, Don Manoel

Everything one eats and drinks has the same taste of argol smoke.

From The Unveiling of Lhasa by Candler, Edmund

Cream′-wove, woven of a cream-colour; Cream′y, full of or like cream: gathering like cream.—Cream of tartar, a white crystalline compound made by purifying argol, bitartrate of potash.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

On account of this particular occupation, we named these Lamas Lama-Argoleers, from the Tartar word argol, which designates animal excrement, when dried and prepared for fuel. 

From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 by Huc, Évariste Régis