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sal-nitre
† sal-nitre Obs. [ad. med.L. sal nitrī ‘salt of nitre’: see sal and nitre. Cf. It. salnitro, Pr. salnitre; also Sp., Pg. salitre (whence salitre), G. salniter, saliter.] Saltpetre.1416 in Essex Rev. (1907) XVI. 159 Sal niter. 1601 Holland Pliny II. 420, I may not put off the treatise concerning the ...
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salitre
salitre (ˈsælɪtə(r)) [a. Sp. salitre saltpetre: see sal-nitre.] Sodium nitrate.1884 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 9 Nov. 4/2 The Committee of the Combination of Salitre Elaborators. 1895 Funk's Standard Dict., Saliter, soda niter.
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sal
▪ I. ‖ sal1 Chem., Alch., and Pharm. (sæl) [L. (masc. and neut.) = salt.] † 1. = salt n.1 (in various senses). Obs.c 1386 Chaucer Can. Yeom. Prol. & T. 257 Sal tartre, Alkaly, and sal preparat. 1460–70 Bk. Quintessence 12 Sal comen preparate. a 1626 Meverell in Baconiana Physiol. (1670) 117, I can t...
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saltable
▪ I. salt, n.1 (sɒlt, -ɔː-) Forms: 1 sealt, (3 salit, Ormin sallt), 4–6 salte, (5 sawte, 6 saulte), 6–7 sault, 8–9 Sc. saut, sawt, 1– salt. [Com. Teut.: OE. sealt (salt) str. neut. = OFris. *salt (mod.Fris. salt, sâ(l)t, saut, solt), OS. salt (MLG. salt, solt), MDu., Du. zout, OHG. (MHG., G.) salz, ...
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