present participle of alum

The treatment of a material with a solution of alum

plural of aluming

(transitive) To steep in, or otherwise impregnate with, a solution of alum; to treat with alum.

(shortening, Canada, US) A past attendee or graduate (of either gender) of a college, university or other educational institution.

An astringent salt, usually occurring in the form of pale crystals, much used in the dyeing and tanning trade and in certain medicines, and now understood to be a double sulphate of potassium and aluminium (K₂SO₄·Al₂(SO₄)₃·24H₂O).

plural of alum

simple past tense and past participle of alum

(rare, inorganic chemistry) aluminic

Of or relating to a language family of central Nigeria, comprising Alumu, Toro, Sambe, and Hasha.