varec
English
Etymology
French varech; of Teutonic origin. See wrack and compare vraic.
Noun
varec (uncountable)
- The calcined ash of coarse seaweed, used for the manufacture of soda and iodine.
- 2015, James L. Marshall, Virginia R. Marshall, 9: History of Iodine, Tatsuo Kaiho (editor), Iodine Chemistry and Applications, page 203,
- Potash was scarce because of the Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815), and Bernard Courtois had resorted to varec imported from the Brittany and Normandy seacoasts [5].
- 2015, James L. Marshall, Virginia R. Marshall, 9: History of Iodine, Tatsuo Kaiho (editor), Iodine Chemistry and Applications, page 203,
- The seaweed itself; fucus; wrack.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for varec in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- Caver, carve, caver, crave
French
Noun
varec m (plural varecs)
- Alternative spelling of varech