the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A substance produced by the action of an alkali upon albumin, and resembling casein in its properties; also, a compound formed by the union of albumin with another substance.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. One of a class of bodies in which albumin appears to be in weak combination with a base. Alkali albuminate is regarded by some as identical with casein.
Word Usage
"America, investing in it one of the “usual amounts,” promising to make Howells over again body and soul with the life-giving albuminate."