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Definition of alums:

(n) : (Canada, US) A past attendee or graduate (of any gender) of a college, university or other educational institution.
(n) : An astringent salt, usually occurring in the form of pale crystals, much used in the dyeing and tanning trade and in certain medicines, and now understood to be a double sulphate of potassium and aluminium (K₂SO₄·Al₂(SO₄)₃·24H₂O).
(n) : (inorganic chemistry) Any similar double sulphate in which either or both of the potassium and aluminium is wholly or partly replaced by other univalent or tervalent cations.
(v) : (transitive) To steep in, or otherwise impregnate with, a solution of alum; to treat with alum.
Definition of alums:

(n) : (Canada, US) A past attendee or graduate (of any gender) of a college, university or other educational institution.
(n) : An astringent salt, usually occurring in the form of pale crystals, much used in the dyeing and tanning trade and in certain medicines, and now understood to be a double sulphate of potassium and aluminium (K₂SO₄·Al₂(SO₄)₃·24H₂O).
(n) : (inorganic chemistry) Any similar double sulphate in which either or both of the potassium and aluminium is wholly or partly replaced by other univalent or tervalent cations.
(v) : (transitive) To steep in, or otherwise impregnate with, a solution of alum; to treat with alum.
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