† nitrose,a.Obs.rare. [ad. L. nitrōs-us: see nitre n. and -ose.] Nitrous. 1695Woodward Nat.Hist. Earth iv. (1723) 226 Nitrose Stalactitæ.a1754Mead Wks. (1762) 597 (Jod.), The calcareous and nitrose salts sweat out upon their surface of a colour almost as white as snow.