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Glossary entry

português term or phrase:

bogagem

inglês translation:

lye

Added to glossary by Tania Pires
Dec 15, 2013 00:38
10 yrs ago
português term

bogagem

português para inglês Arte/Literatura História Museum
'É feita uma mistela de cinza (só cinza de loendro) e água, - o «bogado» - , que vai ao forno durante um dia. É a bogagem'

Preparing flax for weaving. Middle Ages.

Thanks in advance!
Proposed translations (inglês)
3 +2 lye
3 Calcium oxide/quicklime lime

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lye

lye

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Note added at 51 mins (2013-12-15 01:29:36 GMT)
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Given the context it is probably using the ashes of the shrub to make lye which is used as a whitening agent before bleach was invented.
Note from asker:
Thanks Nick!
I was trying to figure out where lye would fit but now your explanation makes more sense. Thanks!
Peer comment(s):
agree Margarida Ataide
10 horas
thanks it
agree T o b i a s
10 horas
thanks Tobias
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks nick!"
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Calcium oxide/quicklime lime

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