Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
n.) The hydroxide of potassium hydrate, a hard white brittle substance, KOH, having strong caustic and alkaline properties; -- hence called also caustic potash.
2. (n.) The impure potassium carbonate obtained by leaching wood ashes, either as a strong solution (lye), or as a white crystalline (pearlash).
Strong's Hebrew
1253a. bor -- lye, potash... bor. 1253b >>. lye,
potash. Transliteration: bor Short Definition: lye. Word Origin
from barar Definition lye,
potash NASB Word Usage lye (2). << 1253, 1253a.
... /hebrew/1253a.htm - 5k 1287. borith -- lye, alkali, potash, soap
... << 1286, 1287. borith. 1288 >>. lye, alkali, potash, soap. Transliteration: borith
Phonetic Spelling: (bo-reeth') Short Definition: soap. Word Origin fem. ...
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1253. bor -- lye, potash
... << 1252, 1253. bor. 1253a >>. lye, potash. Transliteration: bor Phonetic
Spelling: (bore) Short Definition: so. never so, purely The ...
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5427. nether -- natron or carbonate of soda
... nitre. From nathar; mineral potash (so called from effervescing with acid) -- nitre.
see HEBREW nathar. << 5426, 5427. nether. 5428 >>. Strong's Numbers.
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