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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Glassmaker's ashes; a kind of potash or pearlash, brought from the Levant and Syria, -- used in the manufacture of fine glass.
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- noun Glassmaker's
ashes ; a kind ofpotash orpearlash , brought from theLevant andSyria , -- used in themanufacture of fineglass .
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