varec
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Definition of varec
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(archaic, uncountable)The calcined ash of coarse seaweed, used for the manufacture of soda and iodine.
“Potash was scarce because of the Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815), and Bernard Courtois had resorted to varec imported from the Brittany and Normandy seacoasts [5].”
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noun
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(archaic, uncountable)The calcined ash of coarse seaweed, used for the manufacture of soda and iodine.
“Potash was scarce because of the Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815), and Bernard Courtois had resorted to varec imported from the Brittany and Normandy seacoasts [5].”
- (archaic, uncountable)The seaweed itself; fucus; wrack.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
French varech; of Teutonic origin. See wrack and compare vraic.
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