different between potash vs polverine

English

Etymology

Calque of Dutch potas, coined in 1598, equivalent to pot +? ash. The literal translation is “pot ash”, because it was made by burning wood to ashes in a large pot. First attested in 1648. Doublet of potassium and potassa.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?p?t.æ?/
• Rhymes: -æ?

Noun

potash (countable and uncountable, plural potashes)

1. The water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer.
2. (chemistry) An impure form of potassium carbonate (K₂CO₃) mixed with other potassium salts.
3. (chemistry, archaic) Potassium. Chiefly used in the names of compounds of the form "... of potash".

4. A class of potassium minerals, of similar applicability to potassium carbonate, such as being a fertilizer. (ie. potassium chloride, potassium hydroxide)

Derived terms

Related terms

• potass
• potassa
• potassium

Translations

Verb

potash (third-person singular simple present potashes, present participle potashing, simple past and past participle potashed)

1. To treat with potassium.

References

• Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[1]

Anagrams

• Pashto, pathos, sophta

English

Etymology

Italian polverino, from Latin pulvis (“dust”).

Noun

polverine (countable and uncountable, plural polverines)

1. (uncountable) Glassmaker's ashes; a kind of potash or pearlash, brought from the Levant and Syria, used in the manufacture of fine glass.
2. (countable) A tiny biting insect found in South America.

References

• polverine in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Italian

Noun

polverine f

1. plural of polverina

Anagrams

• prelevino