barilla
Americannoun
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barillas
plural
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either of two European saltworts, Salsola kali or S. soda, whose ashes yield an impure carbonate of soda.
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the alkali obtained from the ashes of these and certain other maritime plants.
noun
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an impure mixture of sodium carbonate and sodium sulphate obtained from the ashes of certain plants, such as the saltworts
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either of two chenopodiaceous plants, Salsola kali (or soda ) or Halogeton soda , formerly burned to obtain a form of sodium carbonate See also saltwort
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Etymology
Origin of barilla
1615–25; < Spanish barrilla, apparently equivalent to bar ( ra ) bar 1 + -illa diminutive suffix
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The principal exports from these Mediterranean towns are wines, dried fruits, oils, anchovies, wool, barilla, soap, kermes, antimony, vermilion, brandy, cork, silk, &c.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson by William Stevenson
It took on board a cargo of barilla at Aguilas and Almeria, and returned to England, reaching the Thames in May.
From James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters by Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury
The productions of Teneriffe, for export, are wine and barilla.
From Journal of an African Cruiser by Nathaniel Hawthorne
A name given to several species of Salsola from which soda is made, by burning the barilla in heaps and lixiviating the ashes.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
During the Napoleonic wars the price of barilla rose to such a height that Napoleon offered a reward for the discovery of a process for the manufacture of sodium carbonate.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various
Two maids of honour, bearing decorated barillas of choice wine from the royal cellars, rode on either side of their mistress.
From The Highlands of Ethiopia by William Cornwallis Harris
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