Significados de little alum en inglés

Then put in the cucumbers-witha little alum broken small.

Boil peach leaves when they are turning yellow in the fall, with a little alum.

They should be bathed frequently in cold water to which a little alum has been added.

To produce a light slate colour, boil white maple bark in clear water, with a little alum.

Salt and water is used by many as a gargle, but a little alum and honey dissolved in sage tea is better.

A little alum sprinkled over its red-gold ground would do wonders in the way of effect-wouldbe gorgeous-wouldn'tit, now, Miss Harz?

Fill up with cold vinegar, and add a little alum, allowing to every hundred gherkins a piece about the size of a shelled almond.