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Old Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic اَلشَّب (aš-šab), from Arabic شَب (šab).
Pronunciation
Noun
axeb m (plural axebes)
- alum
c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f:Et alimpia los cuerpos delos metales; & faz los claros. Et aun faz mas que si soluieren el axeb fata que corra assi como agua - It also cleans metallic bodies, making them shine, and it does this to an even greater degree if the alum is diluted until it runs like water
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