English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
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Alum
(n.)
A double sulphate formed of aluminium and some other element
(esp. an alkali metal) or of aluminium. It has twenty-four molecules of
water of crystallization.
Alum
(v. t.)
To steep in, or otherwise impregnate with, a solution of
alum; to treat with alum.