potass

American  

[pot-as] / ˈpɒtˌæs /

noun

1. potash.

2. potassium.

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Etymology

Origin of potass

1790–1800; < French potasse < Dutch potasch (now pronounced and spelled potas ) potash

Example Sentences

We then commenced the making of potass, waiting for the surrender of the colony.

From Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770. by Maxwell, Patrick

Into a pint gem-jar put water 10 parts, sulphuric acid 1 part, potass, bichromate 1 part.

From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study by Ontario. Ministry of Education

A chemist named Phillips, who supplied me with bromide of potass, suggested to me, to his own loss, that I took a great deal too much. 

From Memoirs by Leland, Charles Godfrey

Harry politely responded to such remarks as 'Devilish good show, Burgess,' drank in one gulp another whisky and potass, and hastened away.

From Leonora by Bennett, Arnold

It is the precipitate of the salt of protoxide of iron with red prussiate of potass.

From The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference by Triemens, Joseph