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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Borax \Bo"rax\, n. [OE. boras, fr F. borax, earlier spelt borras; cf LL borax, Sp borraj all fr Ar b?rag, fr Pers. b?rah.] A white or gray crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors on porcelain, and as a soap. It occurs native in certain mineral springs, and is made from the boric acid of hot springs in Tuscany. It was originally obtained from a lake in Thibet, and was sent to Europe under the name of tincal. Borax is a pyroborate or tetraborate of sodium, Na2B4O7.10H2O. {Borax bead}. (Chem.) See {Bead}, n., 3. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: borax n : an ore of boron consisting of hydrated sodium borate; used as a flux or cleansing agent
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