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Definition of Alcalescent
1. Adjective. Tending to become alkaline; slightly alkaline.
Definition of Alcalescent
1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of alkalescent) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alcalescent
Literary usage of Alcalescent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley in Verse and Prose, Now First Brought by Robert Browning, W. Tyas Harden, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Harry Buxton Forman, William Groser (1880)
"The water here is villanous, and I have suffered tortures; but I now drink nothing
but alcalescent water, and am much relieved. I have the greatest trouble ..."
2. A Systematic Arrangement of British Plants: With an Easy Introduction to the by William Withering (1801)
"In some parts of Ireland 'they eat them plentifully with milk, alternately biting
and supping. The Irish also eat them with fish, and other alcalescent ..."
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