- Making something impure - Watering down final message in grown-up limit - The act of adulterating; corruption, or debasement
(esp. of food or drink) by foreign mixture. - An adulterated state or product.
- A name given to several species of Salsola from which soda
is made, by burning the barilla in heaps and lixiviating the ashes. - The alkali produced from the plant, being an impure
carbonate of soda, used for making soap, glass, etc., and for bleaching
purposes. - Impure soda obtained from the ashes of any seashore plant,
or kelp.