nitrated, ppl. a.
(ˈnaɪtreɪtɪd)
[Cf. prec.]
1. Chemically treated with nitric acid († or nitre).
| 1694 Salmon Bates' Dispens. (1713) 473/2 Nitre with Tin, or, Jupiter nitrated. 1783 Priestley in Phil. Trans. LXXIII. 410 What I have called a nitrated calx of lead. 1805 Saunders Min. Waters 443 Nitrated silver immediately renders it turbid. 1855 Merc. Mar. Mag. (1858) V. 334 A piece of burning nitrated paper is dropped. 1894 Daily News 30 Jan. 2/5 A combination of nitro-glycerine and nitrated cellulose. |
2. Impregnated with nitre.
| 1799 Kirwan Geol. Ess. 151 Common salt was also said to accompany the native nitre.., yet Klaproth in analysing this nitrated earth could find none. |
3. Manured with nitrate of soda or potash.
| 1841 Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. II. i. 139 The nitrated wheat was now observed to be mildewed. Ibid. 140 The nitrated part of the field continued to advance in its deep luxuriant colour. |