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Webster 1913 Edition

Anatron

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An′a-tron

,
Noun.
[F.
anatron
,
natron
, Sp.
anatron
,
natron
, fr. Ar.
al-natrūn
. See
Natron
,
Niter
.]
[Obs.]
1.
Native carbonate of soda; natron.
2.
Glass gall or sandiver.
3.
Saltpeter.
Coxe.
Johnson.

Webster 1828 Edition

Anatron

AN'ATRON

,
Noun.
[Gr. niter.]
1.
Soda or mineral fixed alkali.
2.
Spume or glass gall, a scum which rises upon melted glass, in the furnace, and when taken off, dissolves in the air, and then coagulates into common salt.
3.
The salt which collects on the walls of vaults.

Definition 2024

anatron

anatron

English

Noun

anatron ‎(uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) native carbonate of soda; natron
  2. (obsolete) sandiver
  3. (obsolete) saltpetre

References

  • anatron in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

French

Noun

anatron m ‎(uncountable)

  1. Obsolete form of natron.

Etymology

From French anatron, an old variant of natron, from Ancient Greek νίτρον ‎(nítron, “nitre”) by way of Spanish and Arabic.

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