pearlash

[ purl-ash ]

/ ˈpɜrlˌæʃ /

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noun

commercial potassium carbonate.

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Origin of pearlash

First recorded in 1720–30; pearl + ash¹

Words nearby pearlash

pear, pear haw, pea rifle, pearl, Pearland, pearlash, pearl barley, pearl blue, Pearl City, pearl-clutching, pearl danio

How to use pearlash in a sentence

Thousands of wagon loads of pure saleratus and pearlash could be got here.
Journal of a Trip to California by the Overland Route Across the Plains in 1850-51|E. S. (Eleazer Stillman) Ingalls
If any kind of acid be taken, in poisonous quantities, give strong pearlash-water.
A Treatise on Domestic Economy|Catherine Esther Beecher
Be careful to drain them well, and not to let any gilding, or bronze, be injured by the pearlash-water coming in contact with it.
A Treatise on Domestic Economy|Catherine Esther Beecher
It is a rule never to use pearlash for Indian, unless to correct the sourness of milk; it injures the flavor of the meal.
The American Frugal Housewife|Lydia M. Child

The potash should be purified from the best pearlash; and the borax should be refined by one or two crystallizations.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure

British Dictionary definitions for pearlash

pearl ash

noun

the granular crystalline form of potassium carbonate

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