Bicarb

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

  Sodium bicarbonate \Sodium bicarbonate\,
     a white crystalline substance, {HNaCO3}, with a slight
     alkaline taste resembling that of sodium carbonate. It is
     found in many mineral springs and also produced
     artificially,. It is used in cookery, in baking powders, and
     as a source of carbonic acid gas (carbon dioxide) for soda


     water. Called also {baking soda}, {cooking soda},
     {bicarbonate of soda}, {bicarb}, {saleratus}, and
     technically, {acid sodium carbonate}, {sodium acid
     carbonate}, {primary sodium carbonate}, {sodium dicarbonate},
     etc.
     [1913 Webster]