The commercial dictionary of trade products : manufacturing and technical terms, moneys, weights, and measures of all countries / by P.L. Simmonds.

  • Simmonds, P. L. (Peter Lund), 1814-1897.
Date:
1892
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Credit: The commercial dictionary of trade products : manufacturing and technical terms, moneys, weights, and measures of all countries / by P.L. Simmonds. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    into commerce In a dried slate; chiefly the albumen of the egg and of Wood. 1 he principal use of ulbuinen is in photography, and in the print manufactories at Man- chester and m oilier districts. Album-gr^ecum, a nume given to the -white foicesofdogs, collected 111 kennels, consist- in chiefly ol bone earth, which is used by tanners for one or two commercial pur- poses. „ Albcminoijs, consisting of albumen. Aluus, a potty silver Oennan coin, the Hes- sian albus being worth about onc-flltlioi a penny, and the imperial ulbus ol some ol the other states about one penny. Alcalde, Ai.caoe, a .Spanish judge; a parish oflicer, a governor, and jailer. Alcandia, the Spanish name lor millet. Alcanfou, the Spnniah name lor camphor. Alcaparra, the Peninsular name lor the caper bush, Capparis Spinosa. Alcarauueya, Ihe Spanish name for the caraway seed. Alcarrazas, the Spanish name for porous unglnzcd earthenware coolers. Alcavala, a customs duty levied on foreign goods at the Spanish ports. Alchemy, the art ol transmuting metals. Alchornea, a Jamaica nee, to which has been ascribed the nlcoruorco bark. Alcohol, a term frequently given to spiri- tuous liquors, but properly applied only to highly rectified spirits of wine; also the Spanish name for antimony, und galena or sulphuret of lead. Alcoholometer, an instrument for ascer- taining the strength ol spirits. Alcoholometry, the process lor ascertain- ing the quantity ol alcohol in a fluid. Alcoran, m the 'East, a high slender tower or minaret. Alcornoque. the Spanish name for the cork- tree. Qjuercus suber. Alcorxorco Bark, a bitter and aslringcnt medicinal bark derived In Venezuela from the Bowdicliia virgiliodes ol Kuntli. Alcouquh, clogs or solos made of cork wood. Alcouza, It, Spain, a paste of sugar and starch for sweetmeats. Alcpeem, a manufacture of silk and cotton, imported at the Danublan ports. Alder, the wood of the Hetula abuts, much used by turners, ami also valuable for pumps, pipes, &c. The bark can boused lor tanning. Alderman, a civil magistrate of a corpo- rate city. Ale, a fermented liquor, made by infusing malted barley and lions in water. Tito mercantile varieties of tile are very nu- merous, comprising old ale. mild ale, bitter or pale ale, Burton ale, Stogumber ale, Scotch ale, i&c Ai m, Alai, the name for a sugar-mill or cane-press, in some parts ol tlio East Indies. Aleatory Sale, a contingent sale, the completion of which depends upon the passing of some uncertain event or events. Axe Conner, a legal oflicer appointed to in- spect measures used by publicans. Alee, Ali, a llindustanec land measure of four bisis, or 19,200 square yards. _ \legar, sour ale or beer used lor dyeing and other manufacturing purposes. Ale Hoof, a common name for the ground ivy (Nepela Ulechomu), owing to Its use for preserving ale before the bitter proper- ty of hops was known. Alejijas, a Spanish name for soup made of Alembic, a vessel used in distillation; the head of a retort or still. , Alen, Aln, a Danish long measure oi 24} inches; In Iceland it is rather less. Alencon Lace a kind of French lace, with a six-sided mesh of two threads, mado with pure hand-spun linen thread; it is the richest, linest, strongest, and most expensive of the French laces, aud second only to Brussels lace. Aleorometer, an instrument for dctcrmiu ingthe quantity of gluten In flour. Alewife, a name in the British North American colonies for a ttshof the herring family (Alosa tyrannus.) Alexandrian Laurel, tlio liuscus race- mosus, from which an oil is obtained. Axfencha, a name in Portugal for the le- gumes or pods of the carob-treo {Cerato- nia siliqua), used as food. Ai.fenique, a sugar paste in Spain flavoured with oil of sweet almonds. Ai.fi lete, dougli made witli coarse flour of wheat, Alfoli, ihe Spanish term for a granary, and a depository of salt Alfonsigo, the Spanish name for the plstacio nut. Alforfon, a name for buck-wheat in Spain. AiCE, a general name lor sea-weeds. Algaroth Powder, an oxycbloride of anti- mony, used In the preparation of tartar- emetic Algarovilla, the agglutinated seeds and husks of the legumes of 1'rosopis pallida, occasionally imported in mass front Chile. It contains a good deal of tannin. Algarrobo, the Spanish name for the ca- rob-tree {teratoma sitiqua); the legumes contain a large proportion of saccharine, and are consumed to a considerable ex- tent as cattle food in Spain, Portugal, ttc Algatrake, a kind of pitch. Algodon, the Spanish name for cotton wool, or pods; Algoiloual being a cotton- plantation, and Algodonero, ihe cotton- plant Axoorin, a place in tlio oil-mills in Spain, lor receiving the olives for expressing. Axuocigo, another name for the pistaeio- irce. Alhondiga, the Spanish name for a public granary or corn market. Aliakoo, an Indian tree, the Memccylon tinctonum, the leaves of which ore used for dyeing yellow. A lias, a false name. Alien, a forelgner,or person not naturalized, not n denizen or subject of the state, and therefore incapable of Inheriting land, or acquiring or succeeding lo property. Alijar, a Spanish term for separating tho wcol of cotton from the seed.