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SANDIVER

Volume 16 · 69 words · 1797 Edition

a whitish salt, continually cast up from the metal, as it is called, whereof glaas is made; and, swimming on its surface, is skimmed off.

Sandiver is also plentifully thrown out in the eruptions of volcanoes; some is of a fine white, and others tinged bluish or yellowish.

Sandiver is said to be detergent, and good for foulnesses of the skin. It is also used by gilders of iron.