Synonyms:
potash, caustic_potash, potassium_hydroxide
Meaning: a potassium compound often used in agriculture and industry
Usage examples
When swallowed in solution, the symptoms are similar to those of soda and potash.
(It is made by the action of the air on the potash contained in the earths.) The taste, which is that of gunpowder, is the best test of its presence.
Heat twenty pounds of strained grease, then mix it with the dissolved potash, and boil them together till the whole becomes a thick jelly, which is ascertained by taking a little of it out to get cold.