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clavellated ashes

clavellated ashes noun: a kind of potash (probably in reference to its having been obtained from billets of wood by burning).

Noun

clavellated ashes pl (plural only)

  1. (obsolete, plural, plural-only) A kind of potash (probably in reference to its having been obtained from billets of wood by burning).

Origin of clavellated ashes

Compare Late Latin cineres clavelatti (“ashes of burnt lees or dregs of wine”), French clavel (“an inferior sort of soda”), English clavate.

Questions about clavellated ashes

What does clavellated ashes mean?
Clavellated ashes means a kind of potash (probably in reference to its having been obtained from billets of wood by burning).
What part of speech is clavellated ashes?
Clavellated ashes is a noun.

Words near clavellated ashes in the dictionary

  1. clavelins
  2. clavelization
  3. Clavell
  4. clavellate
  5. clavellated
  6. clavellated ashes
  7. Clavels
  8. claver
  9. Claverdon
  10. clavered
  11. Claverham

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