ˈsolvend ? Obs.
[ad. L. solvend-um, neut. gerundive of solvĕre solve v.]
Something to be dissolved.
| 1738 Phil. Trans. XLI. 108 The Particles of the Solvend having imbibed the Particles of the Menstruum. 1799 Kirwan Geol. Ess. 467 A fluid whose specific affinity to the particles of a solvend is greater than the integrant affinity of the ultimate particles of the solvend to each other. 1867 Tomlinson's Cycl. Useful Arts App. 229/2 A saturated solution..is one in which the adhesion of the solvent and the cohesion of the solvend mutually balance each other. |