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Rock salt   /rɑk sɔlt/   Listen
Rock salt

noun
1.
Naturally occurring crystalline sodium chloride.  Synonym: halite.





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"Rock salt" Quotes from Famous Books



... suggestion, Mr. Beilby. But whalers' bomb guns—which can be easily procured in Sydney—are better still. You can load them with a small charge of powder and crushed rock salt, which won't kill a man, but which will prevent him from doing any mischief for a long time. When I was a boatsteerer some years ago on a New Bedford whaler—the Aaron Burr—we had serious trouble with about thirty Portuguese ...
— John Frewen, South Sea Whaler - 1904 • Louis Becke
... head in a strong solution of rock salt, is said to restore gray hair in some cases. Make the solution two heaping tablespoonfuls of salt to a quart of boiling water, and let it stand until ...
— Our Deportment - Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society • John H. Young


Words linked to "Rock salt" :   sodium chloride, sodium, mineral, atomic number 11, common salt, Na


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