Lant
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This article is missing information about chemistry (what’s making it caustic [ammonia?], how it’s formed [urease?]). (March 2022) |
Lant is aged urine. The term comes from Old English Template:Wikt-lang, which referred to urine.[1] Collected urine was put aside to ferment until used for its chemical content in many pre-industrial processes, such as cleaning and production.[2]
History
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Because of its ammonium content, lant was most commonly used for floor cleaning and laundry. According to early housekeeping guides, bedpans would be collected by one of the younger male servants and put away to ferment to a mild caustic before use.
In larger cottage industries, lant was used in wool-processing[3] In times of urgent need and in districts where these were the chief industries, the whole town was expected to contribute to its supply.
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Johnson, Samuel (1827). A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from Their Originals ... Longman, rees, orme. p. 15.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Fownes, George (1853). Elementary Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical. Blanchard and Lea. p. 513.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hummel, J. J. (John James) (1898). The dyeing of textile fabrics. Harvard University. London [etc.] New York, Cassell and company, limited. p. 92.
- Ray, John (1691) North Country Words
- Addy, Sidney (1888) Glossary of Sheffield Words, p.164
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kacirk, Jeffrey (1997). Forgotten English. New York: William Morrow & Co. ISBN 0-688-15018-7.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ray, John (1691). A Collection of English Words Not Generally used, with their Significations and Original, in two Alphabetical Catalogues, The One Of such as are proper to the Northern, the other to the Southern Counties. London: Christopher Wilkinson. No ISBN.
- Kelly, John F. "The Urine Cure and Other Curious Medical Treatments" Hippocrates Magazine. (May/June 1988) By Hercules
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Horan, Julie L. (1996). The Porcelain God – A Social History of the Toilet. Secaucus, New Jersey: A Birch Lane Press Book. p. 96. ISBN 1-55972-346-7.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Grose, Francis (1787). A Provincial Glossary with a Collection of Local Proverbs and Popular Superstitions. London: S. Hooper.
Further reading
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Winterthur Program in American Material Culture (11 April 2018). "Lant: The Forgotten Resource". University of Delaware. Winterthur Program in American Material Culture. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
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