baker's salt

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baker's salt - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Baker \Bak"er\, n. [AS. b[ae]cere. See Bake, v. t.]
     1. One whose business it is to bake bread, biscuit, etc.
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     2. A portable oven in which baking is done. [U.S.]
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     A baker's dozen, thirteen.
  
     Baker foot, a distorted foot. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
  
     Baker's itch, a rash on the back of the hand, caused by the
        irritating properties of yeast.
  
     Baker's salt, the subcarbonate of ammonia, sometimes used
        instead of soda, in making bread.
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