soda

Any of various forms of sodium carbonate.

Chemically combined sodium.

A refreshment made from carbonated water, ice cream, and usually a flavoring.

The card turned face up at the beginning of faro.

Sesquicarbonate or normal carbonate of sodium (Na₂CO₃); soda-ash: the latter being the common name of the commercial article, one of the most, if not the most, important of all the Products of chemical manufacture.