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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An antiquated name for a sulphate.
  • To convert into a vitriol, as iron pyrites by the absorption of oxygen, which reduces the iron to an oxid, and the sulphur to sulphuric acid.
  • Converted into a vitriol or a sulphate.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To convert into, or change to, a vitriol; to make into sulphuric acid or a sulphate.
  • transitive verb To subject to the action of, or impregnate with, vitriol.
  • noun (Old Chem.) A sulphate.
  • adjective rare Vitriolated.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun chemistry, obsolete A sulfate.

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