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Base :: Base (n.) The positive, or non-acid component of a salt; a substance which, combined with an acid, neutralizes the latter and forms a salt; -- applied also to the hydroxides of the positive elements or radicals, and to certain organic bodies resembling them in their property of forming salts with acids..

Dun :: Dun (v. t.) To cure, as codfish, in a particular manner, by laying them, after salting, in a pile in a dark place, covered with salt grass or some like substance..

Barrow :: Barrow (n.) A wicker case, in which salt is put to drain..

Diachylum :: Diachylum (n.) A plaster originally composed of the juices of several plants (whence its name), but now made of an oxide of lead and oil, and consisting essentially of glycerin mixed with lead salts of the fat acids..

Disulphate :: Disulphate (n.) A salt of disulphuric or pyrosulphuric acid; a pyrosulphate.

Saponification :: Saponification (n.) The act, process, or result, of soap making; conversion into soap; specifically (Chem.), the decomposition of fats and other ethereal salts by alkalies; as, the saponification of ethyl acetate..

Dulcify :: Dulcify (v. t.) To sweeten; to free from acidity, saltness, or acrimony..

Efflorescence :: Efflorescence (n.) The formation of the whitish powder or crust on the surface of efflorescing bodies, as salts, etc..

Taurocholate :: Taurocholate (n.) A salt of taurocholic acid; as, sodium taurocholate, which occurs in human bile..

Sea Blite :: Sea blite () A plant (Suaeda maritima) of the Goosefoot family, growing in salt marches..

Lithate :: Lithate (n.) A salt of lithic or uric acid; a urate.

Crapefish :: Crapefish (n.) Salted codfish hardened by pressure.

Tellurite :: Tellurite (n.) A salt of tellurous acid.

Hartshorn :: Hartshorn (n.) Spirits of hartshorn (see below); volatile salts.

Basaltoid :: Basaltoid (a.) Formed like basalt; basaltiform.

Brine :: Brine (n.) Water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; pickle; hence, any strong saline solution; also, the saline residue or strong mother liquor resulting from the evaporation of natural or artificial waters..

Kainite :: Kainite (n.) A compound salt consisting chiefly of potassium chloride and magnesium sulphate, occurring at the Stassfurt salt mines in Prussian Saxony..

Resinate :: Resinate (n.) Any one of the salts the resinic acids.

Boll :: Boll (n.) A Scotch measure, formerly in use: for wheat and beans it contained four Winchester bushels; for oats, barley, and potatoes, six bushels. A boll of meal is 140 lbs. avoirdupois. Also, a measure for salt of two bushels..

Amphipoda :: Amphipoda (n. pl.) A numerous group of fourteen -- footed Crustacea, inhabiting both fresh and salt water. The body is usually compressed laterally, and the anterior pairs or legs are directed downward and forward, but the posterior legs are usually turned upward and backward. The beach flea is an example. See Tetradecapoda and Arthrostraca..

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