Sandever

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sandever \San"de*ver\, n.
     See {Sandiver}. [Obs.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Sandiver \San"di*ver\, n. [Perh. fr. OF. sa["i]n grease, fat +
     de of + verre glass (cf. {Saim}), or fr. F. sel de verre
     sandiver.]
     A whitish substance which is cast up, as a scum, from the
     materials of glass in fusion, and, floating on the top, is
     skimmed off; -- called also {glass gall}. [Formerly written
     also {sandever}.]
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