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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In certain manufacturing processes, as in salt-boiling, the incrustation which forms on the inner surface of an evaporating-pan by deposition of less soluble substances, such as calcium carbonate or sulphate. If the incrustation becomes thick and compact it is sometimes called
pan-stone .
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