Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AN'A-TRON
AN'A-TRON, n. [from Gr. νιτρον, niter.]
- Soda or mineral fixed alkali.
- Spume or glass gall, a scum which rises upon melted glass, in the furnace, and when taken off, dissolves in the air, and then coagulates in common salt.
- The salt which collects on the walls of vaults. – Johnson. Coxe.
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