alkali

alkali [Ar. al-qalī] , soda, alkali. sal ~i ‥ facit coagulare alios sales; iste autem sal fit de herba salsifera que juxta mare ‥ invenitur M. Scot Lumen 242; salis alzali Gilb. VII 318 v. 1; amoniaci ȝ ix, alchaloim quantum sufficit, hec omnia tere Ib. 314 v. 2; calcem ‥ aquis ~i et aliis aquis acutis purifica Bacon NM 9 p. 545; ~i, cinis clavellatus SB 10; ~i est lapillus salis modo ex calcibus reverberatis per humorem extractus dissipatoque humore coagulatus LC.