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black liquor

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noun

  1. (in making wood pulp for paper) the liquor that remains after digestion.


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In April Tax Analysts looked at Henck’s allegations regarding the black liquor controversy.

From Forbes Jun. 10, 2014

But in 2011, the most recent year studied so far, nearly half of Maryland’s payments went to paper mills that have been burning a pulp residue called black liquor since the 1930s.

From Washington Post Mar. 8, 2013

Critics cried foul, saying that burning black liquor was neither new nor particularly clean.

From Washington Post Mar. 8, 2013

The liquid material, which mill owner Temple-Inland Inc. refers to as "black liquor," effectively sucked the oxygen from a large section of the river, killing every breathing organism within its reach, including the fish.

From Reuters Aug. 22, 2011

The choroid c c, is embued with a black liquor, which serves to absorb all the rays that are irregularly reflected, and to convert the body of the eye, into a more perfect camera obscura.

From Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained by Jones, Thomas P.

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