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sakura, sakyamuni, saké, sal, sal ammoniac, sal soda, sal volatile, sala, salaam, salaam convulsion, salable
Origin of sal soda
late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75
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Examples from the Web for sal soda
Neither did I put any sal-soda, or other acid or alkali, into my bread.
Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience|Henry David ThoreauIt should be thoroughly scrubbed with borax or sal-soda and water, and well aired, at least once a week.
Science in the Kitchen.|Mrs. E. E. KelloggFour pounds sal-soda, one pound chloride of lime, one gallon water.
Cloud City Cook-Book|Mrs. William H. NashTinware which has become blackened may be made to look bright and shining again by rubbing with a damp cloth dipped in sal-soda.
Science in the Kitchen.|Mrs. E. E. Kellogg
British Dictionary definitions for sal soda
sal soda
noun
the crystalline decahydrate of sodium carbonate
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