sal soda

American  

noun

1. sodium carbonate.

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sal soda British  

noun

1. the crystalline decahydrate of sodium carbonate

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Etymology

Origin of sal soda

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75

Example Sentences

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sal soda

Hence there is an analogy between this chronic rheumatism and the diseases which produce gravel or gout-stones; and it may perhaps receive relief from the same remedies, such as aerated sal soda.

From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin

If the parts are exceedingly painful, wash with a weak lie, or wood ashes, or sal soda.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by George Dadd

Take one large spoonful of sal soda and one pound of chloride lime for thirty yards; dissolve in clean, soft water; rinse the cloth thoroughly in cold, soft water so that it may not rot.

From The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home by F. L. (Fanny Lemira) Gillette

Hard water may be softened and rendered suitable for washing, by adding to every twelve gallons of water, about a quarter of a pound of sal soda.

From Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers by Elizabeth E. (Elizabeth Ellicott) Lea

Large crystals of sal soda containing but 37% sodium carbonate are formed.

From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by E. G. Thomssen