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ˈnitriary rare. [ad. F. nitrière (cf. Sp. nitreria, L. nitrāria): see nitre n. and -ary1.] An artificial nitre-bed.1839 Ure Dict. Arts 887 In France, Germany, Sweden, Hungary, etc., vast quantities of nitrous salts are obtained by artificial arrangements called nitriaries, or nitre-beds. 1892 Dana S...
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▪ I. nitre, n. (ˈnaɪtə(r)) Forms: 5 nytre(e; 6–7, 9 niter, (7 nither, nitour); 5– nitre. [a. F. nitre (13th c.), ad. L. nitrum, ad. Gr. νίτρον (also λίτρον), possibly of Oriental origin: cf. Heb. nether, which in Jer. ii. 22 is rendered by νίτρον in the Sept. and nitrum in the Vulgate. See also natr...
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