Definitions
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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