Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The residue left in the still from the first distillation of fermented wash in the manufacture of whisky. It contains a little lactic acid, which can be recovered and utilized in connection with dyeing processes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The refuse from a grain distillery, used to fatten swine.
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- noun The
refuse from agrain distillery , used tofatten swine .
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Examples
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Raising, feeding and fattening hogs on potale, a business pursued and highly spoken of, but from my experience I have discovered that few good pigs can be raised entirely on potale -- as it has a tendency to gripe and scour too much; but after they are weaned and a little used with slop, they will thrive well.
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After the pigs are weaned, they ought to be fed for the first two weeks on milk, water and bran, after which potale may be used in the room of milk.
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As this disorder proceeds chiefly from their gluttony and filth, and hot drinking of potale and slop; to remedy which, it would be commendable to feed on cold potale, or scarcely milk warm, to keep them clean, to mix salt occasionally with the potale -- tar their trough once a month, and give them a little ground antimony.
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I would recommend a little mixed potale from an early period, and increase it, so as to render them accustomed to the slop gradually.
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He is careful that his distiller does his duty, of which he can be assured only, by rising at four o'clock, winter and summer, to see if the distiller is up and at his business, and that every thing is going well -- and to prepare every thing and article necessary -- to attend and see the hogs fed, and that the potale or slop be cold when given, and that the cattle be slopped -- that the stills are not burning, nor the casks leaking, &c. &c.
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Dentro de los planes que tiene para mejorar su calidad de vida, esta la compra de un tanque de almacen de agua potale, debido a que el vital liquido no abastece en la zona y amenaza a la producción por la sequía, ella solicita un prestamo para la compra de materiales fertilizantes e insumos vegetativos que aporten un mejor mantenimientos agronomo a sus tierras y garantizen un crecimiento óptimo a la cosecha, esta inyección de capital a futuro le favorecera, para el establecimiento de 1 cuarto de manzana de piña, que le ayudara economicamente a la incursion en nuevos rubros y el mejoramiento continuo de sus niveles de vida.
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