pearl-ash

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English

Noun

pearl-ash (uncountable)

A gray-white powder, having chemical properties of quicklime, made by heating mollusk shells to a temperature sufficient to calcine the material.

References

Universal Dictionary of the English Language [UDE], 1896; under snuff.

Anagrams

harp seal

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