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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1647
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Soda, n. [e.m.E. soda (1558), med. L. soda.] Soda. —1647 J. Hope Diary (1919) 140.
Foure tunne … of … soda at £25 st. a tunne 1647 J. Hope Diary (1919) 141.
[Of glass making] That this barilia is nothing els bot that salt wich is called soda … That it differs from pott ashes … that it is made of a certaine herbe, these of any wood or herbe almost; that without a lixive [etc.]
