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Sandiver

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Noun
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san=di=ver

CIDE DICTIONARY

Sandivern. [Perh. fr. OF. saïn 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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Sandiver, n. liquid scum formed in glass-making.

Etymology
ME app. f. F suin de verre exhalation of glass f. suer to sweat

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