clavellated ashes

noun

A kind of potash (probably in reference to its having been obtained from billets of wood by burning).

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Meanings

nounclavellated ashes pl (plural only)
  1. obsoletepluralplural onlychemistryA kind of potash (probably in reference to its having been obtained from billets of wood by burning).

Origin

Compare Late Latin cineres clavelatti (“ashes of burnt lees or dregs of wine”), French clavel (“an inferior sort of soda”), English clavate.

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clavellated ashes. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clavellated%20ashes

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“clavellated ashes.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clavellated%20ashes. Accessed November 3, 2026.

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