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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Made from billets of wood.
- Same as clavellate.
Wiktionary
- adj. chemistry, obsolete Said of potash, probably in reference to its having been obtained from billets of wood by burning.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. (Old Chem.), obsolete Said of potash, probably in reference to its having been obtained from billets of wood by burning.
Etymologies
- Compare Late Latin cineres clavelatti, ashes of burnt lees or dregs of wine, French clavel ("an inferior sort of soda"), English clavate. (Wiktionary)
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