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white; empty; blank
white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
wart
trad. (白贅仔烌) 贅仔
simp. (白赘仔烌) 赘仔
alternative forms 白贅仔灰白赘仔灰

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Noun edit

白贅仔烌

  1. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) white ash obtained from burning rice crops used to cover charcoal to slow down burning (mostly put in handwarmers during winter while warming oneself, but also added in small quantities while pounding rice to make it easy to sift out the chaff together with it, and also used to clean grease off a potlid)