sandever

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sandever - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sandever \San"de*ver\, n.
     See Sandiver. [Obs.]
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  Sandiver \San"di*ver\, n. [Perh. fr. OF. sa["i]n grease, fat +
     de of + verre glass (cf. Saim), or fr. F. sel de verre
     sandiver.]
     A whitish substance which is cast up, as a scum, from the
     materials of glass in fusion, and, floating on the top, is
     skimmed off; -- called also glass gall. [Formerly written
     also sandever.]
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