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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
potash \pot"ash`\, n. pot + ash. chem.
a the hydroxide of potassium hydrate, a hard white brittle
substance, koh, having strong caustic and alkaline
properties; -- hence called also caustic potash.
b the impure potassium carbonate obtained by leaching wood
ashes, either as a strong solution lye, or as a white
crystalline pearlash.
1913 webster
see also:
koh caustic potash
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
caustic \caus"tic\, caustical \caus"tical\, a. l. caustucs,
ge. ?, fr. ? to burn. cf. calm, ink.
1. capable of destroying the texture of anything or eating
away its substance by chemical action; burning; corrosive;
searing.
1913 webster
2. severe; satirical; sharp; as, a caustic remark.
1913 webster
caustic curve optics, a curve to which the ray of light,
reflected or refracted by another curve, are tangents, the
reflecting or refracting curve and the luminous point
being in one plane.
caustic lime. see under lime.
caustic potash, caustic soda chem., the solid
hydroxides potash, koh, and soda, naoh, or solutions
of the same.
caustic silver, nitrate of silver, lunar caustic.
caustic surface optics, a surface to which rays reflected
or refracted by another surface are tangents. caustic
curves and surfaces are called catacaustic when formed by
reflection, and diacaustic when formed by refraction.
syn: stinging; cutting; pungent; searching.
1913 webster
see also:
calm ink caustic curve caustic lime lime caustic potash
caustic soda koh naoh caustic silver caustic surface
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