Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Made from billets of wood.
- Same as
clavellate .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Old Chem.), obsolete Said of potash, probably in reference to its having been obtained from billets of wood by burning.
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- adjective chemistry, obsolete Said of
potash , probably in reference to its having been obtained frombillets ofwood byburning .
Etymologies
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Compare Late Latin cineres clavelatti, ashes of burnt lees or dregs of wine, French clavel ("an inferior sort of soda"), English clavate.
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