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Alum
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(v. t.) To steep in, or otherwise impregnate with, a solution of alum; to treat with alum.
(2):
(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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Alum'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/a/alum.html. 1828.