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lye

(n): a strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide
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about 1 month ago yarb said:

...from the ashes of the burned scraps of the whale, a potent lye is readily made; and whenever any adhesiveness from the back of the whale remains clinging to the side, that lye quickly exterminates it.

- Melville, Moby-Dick, ch. 98

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