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Webster 1913 Edition
Suint
Su′int
(sū′ĭnt)
, Noun.
[F.]
(Chem.)
A peculiar substance obtained from the wool of sheep, consisting largely of potash mixed with fatty and earthy matters. It is used as a source of potash and also for the manufacture of gas.
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suint
suint
English
Noun
suint (countable and uncountable, plural suints)
- (organic chemistry, dated) A substance obtained from the wool of sheep, consisting largely of potash mixed with fatty and earthy matters.
French
Etymology
From the same source as suer (“to sweat”).
Noun
suint m (plural suints)
- suint (substance obtained from the wool of sheep)
Derived terms
- dessuintage
- dessuinter
- suintage
- suinter