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v. - Become encrusted with crystals due to evaporation; Come into or as if into flower; Assume crystalline form.

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  • A great deal of chemical action then commences, salts of various kinds effloresce on the surface, and the mass becomes hard.
  • Coromandel, the dried indigo lumps are allowed to effloresce in a cask for some time, and when they become hard they are wiped and packed for exportation.
  • In oil, verdigris is permanent with respect to light and air, but moisture and an impure atmosphere change its colour, and cause it to effloresce or rise to the surface...
  • Glauber's salt (sodium sulphate) produces a good smooth surface when added to soap, but, owing to its tendency to effloresce more quickly than soda carbonate, it is not...
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