| 单词 | chili or cubic saltpetre |
| 释义 | > as lemmasChili or cubic saltpetre a. Potassium nitrate; = nitre n. 1c Chili or cubic saltpetre: sodium nitrate.Saltpetre is a white crystalline substance having a saline taste; it is the chief constituent of gunpowder, and is used medicinally. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > nitrates > [noun] > potassium nitrate nitrumOE salpetrec1325 sal-nitre1416 saltpetre1501 peter in roche1554 salt nitre1601 nitre1617 roche petre1634 rock petre1667 Smyrna earth1735 nitre crystal1869 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > explosive material > [noun] > other specific explosives powdera1393 gunpowder1411 saltpetre1501 petre1586 halinitre1608 sal-prunella1664 petre-salt1708 xyloidin1838 gun-cotton1846 pyroxyle1847 pyroxylin1847 pyroglycerin1850 xylidine1850 nitroglycerine1852 gun-sawdust1853 picrate1854 trinitroglycerin1864 nitroleum1866 trinitrin1866 dynamite1867 giant-powder1872 dualin1874 fulgurite1874 rendrock1874 glyoxilin1875 lithofracteur1875 trinitro-cellulose1875 white gunpowder1875 gelatin1878 cotton-powder1879 vigorite1879 blasting gelatine1881 Hercules powder1881 saxifragine1881 tonite1881 dynamogen1882 forcite1883 haloxylin1883 jelly powdera1884 nitro-gelatinea1884 panclastite1883 potentite1883 sebastinea1884 kolloxylin1884 hellhoffite1885 rackarock1885 securite1886 kinetite1887 roburite1887 carbo-dynamite1888 fortis1889 gelatine dynamite1889 gelignite1889 seranine1889 straw-dynamite1889 carbonite1890 amberite1891 nitro powder1892 Schnebelite1893 westfalite1894 thorite1899 soup1902 ammonal1903 cheddite1908 trinitrotoluene1908 Samsonite1909 tolite1909 trinitrotoluol1910 trotyl1910 glyceryl trinitrate1912 T.N.T.1915 nitro1916 amatol1918 cyclonite1923 hexogen1923 lox1923 pentaerythritol tetranitrate1923 hexite1931 aurantia1940 jelly1941 RDX1941 1501–2 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1900) II. 139 For ij pund salt petir to the leich. 1528–9 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 347 The tyme that the kyng caused Salte peter to be made in the said house. 1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late i. 25 Like Saltpeter, that fiereth at the first, and yet proueth but a flash. 1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 275 Salt-Peeter..is of excellent vse for medicine. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. v. xii. 80 The Shot is driven forth..by the Air's exaltation, or Wind, caused through the Salt-Peter. 1683 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 13 4 The pendent Rocks were glazed with Salt-Peter. 1768 J. Boswell Acct. Corsica (ed. 2) i. 52 There are also mines of allum, and of salt-petre, in several parts of Corsica. 1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. II. iv. 241 On account of the property which saltpetre possesses of giving a pleasing redness to beef, it is always an ingredient in the brine with which meat is preserved. 1846 W. Greener Sci. Gunnery (new ed.) 21 Gunpowder is an explosive propellant compound, consisting of saltpetre or nitre, charcoal, and sulphur. 1877 H. Watts Dict. Chem. IV. 105 Nitrate of sodium crystallises in obtuse rhombohedrons, which on cursory inspection have very much the aspect of cubes; hence the name cubic saltpetre. 1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 235/2 A large quantity of saltpetre is now prepared from Chili saltpetre, the nitrate of soda. < as lemmas |
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