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Noun
  1. (organic chemistry) A white amorphous or granular substance which consists principally of potassium carbonate and has a strong alkaline reaction. It is obtained by lixiviating wood ashes and evaporating the lye, and has been an important source of potassium compounds. It is used in making soap, glass, etc.
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After careful cleansing, the gut is split up into strands, and treated with a bath of pearlash water for several days.
Nankeen is obtained from Spanish arnatto dissolved in hot water, with a small portion of pearlash in it.
After slaking the lime in water add the pearlash, and let the mixture be made of a consistence about the same as that of paint.
If cheese get hard, and lose its flavour, pour some sweet wine over four ounces of pearlash, till the liquor ceases to ferment.
Every thing mixed with pearlash should be put in the oven immediately.
Thousands of wagon loads of pure saleratus and pearlash could be got here.

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