noun
Origin: earlier in pl., potashes < Du potasschen < pot, pot + asch, ash: orig. prepared by evaporating the lixivium of wood ashes in iron pots
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noun
Origin:
Origin: Sing. of obsolete pot ashes
Origin: , translation of obsolete Dutch potaschen (from the fact that this substance was originally obtained by leaching wood ashes and evaporating the leach in a pot)
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