borax (boraks)

[In this form which form on their surfaces when heated. It is also used in gla and enamel manufacture; as an antiseptic, par ticularly in foods, because its action on the system is fee ble even in comparatively large doses; and as a detergent. Crude borax called tincal. Gla of borax. See gla .-Honey of borax. See honey.