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vitriolate
▪ I. † ˈvitriolate, a. Obs. Also 7 vitriolet. [ad. med. or mod.L. *vitriolāt-us, f. vitriolum vitriol. Cf. It. vitriolato, Sp. and Pg. vitriolado, F. vitriolé.] 1. Of or belonging to, resembling that of, vitriol.1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. vi. xii. 336 A vitriolate or copperose quality conjoyning ...
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vitriolated
ˈvitriolated, ppl. a. [f. prec. or vitriolate a.] † 1. = vitriolate a. 1. Obs.—11651 Biggs New Dispens. ¶144 The acid saline vitriolated qualities of wine, vineger, or juice of Limons. 2. Impregnated with vitriol: a. Of liquids.a 1626 Meverel in Bacon's Physiol. Rem. (1679) 125 Iron may be dissolved...
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vitriolation
vitrioˈlation [f. vitriolate v.] (See quot.)1828–32 Webster, Vitriolation, the act or process of converting into sulphuric acid or vitriol.
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veneriate
† veˈneriate, v. Obs. [f. L. Veneri- stem of Venus Venus1.] trans. ? = vitriolate v.1665 D. Dudley Mettallum Martis (1854) 31 Sulphurious veneriated redshare Iron... The Sulphurious Arceniall and Veneriating qualities, which are oftentimes in Iron stone.
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vitriolize
vitriolize, v. (ˈvɪtrɪəlaɪz) [f. vitriol n.] 1. a. trans. To convert into vitriol; to vitriolate. Also absol.1694 Salmon Bate's Dispens. (1713) 453/1 Dissolve again in fair Water and crystallize or vitriolize as before. 1799 Kirwan Geol. Ess. 395 By long exposure to the air and moisture they are at ...
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lixivial
lixivial, a. (and n.) Now rare. (lɪkˈsɪvɪəl) [f. L. lixīvi-um lye + -al1. Cf. F. lixiviel.] A. adj. Of or pertaining to lixivium or lye; obtained by lixiviation. † Hence formerly used for: Alkaline; sometimes in narrower sense as the distinctive epithet of potash.1650 Charleton Van Helmont's Ternary...
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eruginary
† eˈruginary, a. Obs. [f. L. ærūgin-em rust of copper, verdigris + -ary.] = next.1681 Phil. Trans. XII. 77 Another kind of Eruginary Stone, which yields a vitriolate and stiptick efflorescence.
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lujula
lujula Obs. [a. It. lugliola, f. Luglio July.] An old name of Wood Sorrel, Oxalis Acetosella.1651 Biggs New Disp. ¶166 So also vegetables may assume a vitriolate energy, as Lujula, Limons, succory. 1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden cxxiii. 179 It [Wood-Sorrel] is called by the Apothecaries in their Shops, ...
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diagrydium
‖ diaˈgrydium Pharm. Also 5 -gredie, 7 -gredium. [L. diagrydium (Cælius Aurelianus ? 5th c.), according to Littré a corruption, through association with names of drugs in dia-, of Gr. δακρυδίον ‘a kind of scammony’, dim. of δάκρυ tear, drop. In F. diagrède.] An old name for a preparation of scammony...
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copperose
† coppeˈrose, a. Obs. [Attrib. use of an early form of copperas, app. treated like an adj. in -ose = copperous a. 2.] Of or belonging to copperas or vitriol.1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. vi. xii. 336 An Atramentous condition or mixture, that is a vitriolate or copperose quality. 1698 Cay in Phil. Tr...
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salso-acid
† ˈsalso-ˈacid, a. and n. Obs. [f. salso-, assumed comb. form of L. salsus adj., salt.] a. ‘Having a taste compounded of saltness and sourness’ (J.). b. n. A substance partaking of the qualities of a ‘salt’ and an ‘acid’.1697 Sir J. Floyer Enq. Baths 17 Salso-acid Baths. Ibid. 20 Salso-acid Medicine...
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ferocient
† feˈrocient, a. Obs. [ad. L. ferōcient-em, pr. pple. of ferōcīre, f. ferox fierce.] Raging ferociously.1654 H. L'Estrange Chas. I (1655) 94 So ferocient it [fire] was, as the Ambassadour..hardly..escaped. 1655–62 H. More Antid. Atheism (1662) 182 [Apostate spirits] that are more ferocient. 1684 tr....
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tartar
▪ I. tartar, n.1 (ˈtɑːtə(r)) Also 4 tartre, 5 tarter, -are, (6 tartarum, 7–8 tartarus). [a. F. tartre = Sp., Pg., It. tartaro, med.L. tartarum (tartharum), med.Gr. τάρταρον; perh. of Arabic origin: Simon of Genoa (fl. 1292), Synonima (ed. 1473), has ‘Tartar arabice, tartarum quod ex uino in lateribu...
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