Potash vs False - What's the difference?
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the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap, glass and as a fertilizer
(chemistry) an impure form of potassium carbonate (K2CO3) mixed with other potassium salts
(chemistry, archaic) in the names of compounds of the form "... of potash", potassium (for example, "permanganate of potash" = potassium permanganate)
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
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Spurious, artificial.
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*:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:whose false foundation waves have swept away
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
(lb) Out of tune.
As a noun potash
is the water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap, glass and as a fertilizer.As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.potash
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(wikipedia potash)Derived terms
* acetate of potash * carbonate of potash * caustic potash * chlorate of potash * chromate of potash * citrate of potash * iridiate of potash * manganate of potash * nitrate of potash * muriate of potash * osmiate of potash * oxygenated muriate of potash * permanganate of potash * plumbate of potash * potash alum * potashery * potash-felspar * potash-granite * potash greensand * potash kettle * potash-lime * potash-mica * potash-water * silicate of potash * stannate of potash * stannite of potash * sulfate of potash, sulphate of potash * sulfurated potash, sulphurated potashReferences
* Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[http://www.studiopotter.org/articles/?art=art0001]Anagrams
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(er)A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by the Philological Society, section=Part 1, publisher=Clarendon Press, location=Oxford, editor= , volume=1, page=217 , passage=Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not onely vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber.}}