mother liquor

Wash them several times with ether, but not sufficient to remove the mother liquor entirely.

They seek to find, as it were, the mother-liquor of the great ocean, so as to express the truth in a crystal.

Thus the presence of a nitrate in the mother liquor tends to produce points or thorns.

This may be done by carefully pouring above the mother liquor a layer of water, or a less concentrated solution.

It increases in bulk, pushing aside the mother liquor, and thus doing external work.