| Effloresce (effloresce) |
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| v. i. | (?) |
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| Ef`flo*resce" |
| [imp. *** p. p. Effloresced (?)] p.
pr. *** vb. n. Efflorescing (?).] [L.
efflorescere to bloom, blossom] ex + florescere
to begin to blossom, incho., fr. florere to |
To
blossom forth.
To change on the surface,
or throughout, to a whitish, mealy, or crystalline powder, from a
gradual decomposition, esp. from the loss of water, on simple
exposure to the air; as, Glauber's salts, and many others,
effloresce.
To become covered with a whitish crust or
light crystallization, from a slow chemical change between some of
the ingredients of the matter covered and an acid proceeding commonly
from an external source; as, the walls of limestone caverns sometimes
effloresce with nitrate of calcium in consequence of the
action in consequence of nitric acid formed in the
atmosphere.
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