saltpetren.

Brit.

/sɒltˈpiːtə/,

/sɔːltˈpiːtə/, U.S.

/ˌsɔltˈpidər/,

/ˌsɑltˈpidər/

Forms: Also 1500s–1800s (now U.S.) saltpeter, 1500s saltpetir, saltpetur, 1600s saltpetar, 1500s–1600s saltpeeter.

Etymology: Alteration of salpetre n. after salt n.¹ (see sense 5b).

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.

†b. oil of saltpetre [? error for oil of petre v.] : petroleum. spirits of saltpetre: nitric acid. Obsolete.

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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > mineral material > mineral oil > [noun]

petroleum1526

oil of petre1528

petrol1540

oil of saltpetre1685

earth-oil1732

white oil1763

mineral oil1771

coal oil1784

petroleum oil1799

crude oil1865

petroleum spirit1868

petroleum coke1881

crude1904

black gold1910

marker crude1974

benchmark crude1975

the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > hydrocarbon minerals > [noun] > oil > petroleum

petroleum1526

oil of petre1528

petrol1540

green oil1607

oil of saltpetre1685

mineral oil1771

coal oil1883

the world > matter > chemistry > chemical substances > acids > [noun] > acids-named > containing nitrogen > nitric acid

strong water?a1425

water?c1425

aqua fortis1601

spirit of nitre1626

parting water1662

spirits of saltpetre1685

nitric acid1790

1685 R. Boyle Exper. Disc. Salubr. Air 95 in Ess. Effects Motion The Spirits of Salt-peter will readily corrode silver.

1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) ii. xxxi. 152 Fill these with good Powder dust, moistned with Oyle of Salt-Peter.

2. quasi-adj. Explosive.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective] > vehement

violent?1518

vehement1529

loud1530

flame-coloured1598

saltpetre1598

dithyrambic1608

fired1725

1598 E. Guilpin Skialetheia i. sig. C3 Tearms of quick Camphire & Salt-peeter phrases.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

saltpetre-boiler n.

ΚΠ

1580 Faversham Par. Reg. (MS.) Edward Hale, a saltpeeter boyller.

1683 J. Pettus tr. L. Ercker v. 333 in Fleta Minor i Some Salt-Petre Boylers (who sell the raw unpurified Earth-Petre).

saltpetre-boiling n.

ΚΠ

1683 J. Pettus tr. L. Ercker v. 338 in Fleta Minor i A true large Instruction of the Salt-Peter boyling.

saltpetre cave n.

ΚΠ

1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 397 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV Saltpeter Caves in the South.

saltpetre crystal n.

ΚΠ

1878 H. P. Gurney Crystallogr. 7 These beautiful rods which we call saltpetre crystals.

saltpetre earth n.

ΚΠ

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. Index Saltpetre earth good for plants.

1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. ii. i. 8 Probably there may be Salt-Petre-Earth in other Places.

saltpetre-maker n.

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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of other manufactured materials > [noun] > of other materials

mortar-maker1359

wax-maker1515

petre man1594

saltpetre-maker1611

starch man1699

varnish-maker1753

icemaker1775

kelper1808

black lead maker1813

bone man1834

kelp-burner1845

black-salter1866

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Salpestrier, a Salt-peter-man, or Salt-peter-maker.

1843 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 6 424/1 In 1627 the saltpetre-makers were authorized to take away the ground of all dove-houses, stables, lairs, or other places where cattle were kept.

saltpetre work n. (also saltpetre works)

ΚΠ

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Mortar The finest of all kinds of Mortar for salt-petre work, is such as is had from the ruins of old buildings in a low situation.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Mortar The common managers of the saltpetre-works.

saltpetre-worker n.

ΚΠ

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Mortar The salt-petre workers in France using the Mortar of old buildings.

C2.

saltpetre flour n. (see quot. 1848).

ΚΠ

1848 E. Ronalds & T. Richardson tr. F. Knapp Chem. Technol. I. 373 The saltpetre is obtained as a snow-white powder, consisting of fine crystalline needles—‘saltpetre-flour’.

saltpetre house n. (a) a building in which saltpetre is made or stored; (b) = French la Salpétrière, a hospital for aged and infirm women at Paris; formerly a prison for women.

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society > occupation and work > workplace > place where specific things are made > [noun] > others

coal pitOE

wireworks1598

alum works1617

copperas-worka1661

saltpetre house1683

nailery1802

railworks1863

lockworks1864

sulphur-work1870

tack-mill1884

pitch-boilery1885

rubber plant1886

soot house1957

society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > reformatory prison > for women

spin-housec1660

saltpetre house1683

spinning-house1803

1683 J. Pettus tr. L. Ercker v. 340 in Fleta Minor i The fore-part of the Salt-Petre House, wherein the Lee Tubs do stand.

1768 Ann. Reg. 1767 77 A woman..condemned..to be branded and confined to the saltpetre-house for nine years.

saltpetre-lye n. ‘a liquid obtained by the treatment of saltpetre with water’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1897).

ΚΠ

1683 J. Pettus tr. L. Ercker v. 321 in Fleta Minor i How the weak Salt-Petre Lee is to be made richer and boil'd to greater profit.

1740 G. Smith tr. Laboratory (ed. 2) App. p. lxxi Saw-dust boil'd in saltpetre lee.

† saltpetre man n. Obsolete a man appointed to find saltpetre for the manufacture of gunpowder.

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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > prospector > for saltpetre

saltpetre man1578

1578 Acts Privy Council (1904) XXVIII. 382 For chardges fo William Shill and John Tyrret, saltpeter-men.

1589 ‘Marphoreus’ Martins Months Minde Ep. Ded. sig. A2^v That haue chosen a Saltpeter man for their foreman, and a gunne powder house..for their printing shop.

1617 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Faire Quarrell i. sig. B4^v They are Salt-peetermen..And they bring commission: the kings power indeed.

a1691 R. Boyle Gen. Hist. Air (1692) 43 We seldom find Salt-peter in the earth, but that there is sea-salt mixed with it, which puts the salt-peter-men to a great deal of trouble to separate it.

saltpetre paper n. = touchpaper n.

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society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > touch-wood-paper

tindera700

tache1393

toucha1500

kindlinga1522

touchwood1575

spunk1582

matchwood1597

lint1612

funk1673

firelighter1771

saltpetre paper1832

match-paper1883

1832 D. Brewster Lett. Nat. Magic xiii. 320 The heat of the wire is always sufficient to kindle a piece of German fungus or saltpetre paper.

saltpetre rot n. white efflorescence which forms on new or damp walls, caused by saltpetre working through to the surface.

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [noun] > specific impurities > incrustation > on brick

saltpetre rot1848

whitewashing1884

saltpetreing1885

1848 E. Ronalds & T. Richardson tr. F. Knapp Chem. Technol. I. 351 A floccular, white, crystalline efflorescence..which is called salt-petre rot.

† saltpetre salt n. Obsolete (see quot. 1683).

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the world > matter > chemistry > chemical substances > salts > [noun] > salts named by atomic number > nitrates or nitrites

nitrous salt1605

saltpetre salt1682

nitrate1788

nitre1788

nitrite1788

septite1795

nitrate1863

1682 J. Collins Salt & Fishery 126 Salt-Petre Salt as to goodness hath no great Repute.

1683 J. Pettus tr. L. Ercker v. 337 in Fleta Minor i The black or grey Salt-Petre Salt, which is found (in boyling Salt-petre) below in the Kettle and slender Tub.

Derivatives

saltˈpetreing n. the formation of saltpetre rot.

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [noun] > specific impurities > incrustation > on brick

saltpetre rot1848

whitewashing1884

saltpetreing1885

1885 Spons' Mechanics' Own Bk. 602 The surfaces of walls are often covered with an efflorescence of an unsightly character, formed by a process known as ‘saltpetreing’.

† saltˈpetrish adj. Obsolete pertaining to, of the nature of, or impregnated with, saltpetre.

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the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > nitrates > [adjective] > potassium nitrate

saltpetrous1662

salnitral1683

saltpetrish1683

nitric1788

1683 J. Pettus tr. L. Ercker v. 322 in Fleta Minor i The..Clay of very old Walls..where the Earth it self is Salt-Petrish.

† saltˈpetrous adj. Obsolete = saltpetrish adj.

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the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > nitrates > [adjective] > potassium nitrate

saltpetrous1662

salnitral1683

saltpetrish1683

nitric1788

1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo 84 in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors Their Salt-petrous Earth.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	saltpetre
释义	saltpetren. Brit. /sɒltˈpiːtə/, /sɔːltˈpiːtə/, U.S. /ˌsɔltˈpidər/, /ˌsɑltˈpidər/ Forms: Also 1500s–1800s (now U.S.) saltpeter, 1500s saltpetir, saltpetur, 1600s saltpetar, 1500s–1600s saltpeeter. Etymology: Alteration of salpetre n. after salt n.¹ (see sense 5b). 1. 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. †b. oil of saltpetre [? error for oil of petre v.] : petroleum. spirits of saltpetre: nitric acid. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > mineral material > mineral oil > [noun] petroleum1526 oil of petre1528 petrol1540 oil of saltpetre1685 earth-oil1732 white oil1763 mineral oil1771 coal oil1784 petroleum oil1799 crude oil1865 petroleum spirit1868 petroleum coke1881 crude1904 black gold1910 marker crude1974 benchmark crude1975 the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > hydrocarbon minerals > [noun] > oil > petroleum petroleum1526 oil of petre1528 petrol1540 green oil1607 oil of saltpetre1685 mineral oil1771 coal oil1883 the world > matter > chemistry > chemical substances > acids > [noun] > acids-named > containing nitrogen > nitric acid strong water?a1425 water?c1425 aqua fortis1601 spirit of nitre1626 parting water1662 spirits of saltpetre1685 nitric acid1790 1685 R. Boyle Exper. Disc. Salubr. Air 95 in Ess. Effects Motion The Spirits of Salt-peter will readily corrode silver. 1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) ii. xxxi. 152 Fill these with good Powder dust, moistned with Oyle of Salt-Peter. 2. quasi-adj. Explosive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective] > vehement violent?1518 vehement1529 loud1530 flame-coloured1598 saltpetre1598 dithyrambic1608 fired1725 1598 E. Guilpin Skialetheia i. sig. C3 Tearms of quick Camphire & Salt-peeter phrases. Compounds C1. General attributive. saltpetre-boiler n. ΚΠ 1580 Faversham Par. Reg. (MS.) Edward Hale, a saltpeeter boyller. 1683 J. Pettus tr. L. Ercker v. 333 in Fleta Minor i Some Salt-Petre Boylers (who sell the raw unpurified Earth-Petre). saltpetre-boiling n. ΚΠ 1683 J. Pettus tr. L. Ercker v. 338 in Fleta Minor i A true large Instruction of the Salt-Peter boyling. saltpetre cave n. ΚΠ 1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 397 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV Saltpeter Caves in the South. saltpetre crystal n. ΚΠ 1878 H. P. Gurney Crystallogr. 7 These beautiful rods which we call saltpetre crystals. saltpetre earth n. ΚΠ 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. Index Saltpetre earth good for plants. 1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. ii. i. 8 Probably there may be Salt-Petre-Earth in other Places. saltpetre-maker n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of other manufactured materials > [noun] > of other materials mortar-maker1359 wax-maker1515 petre man1594 saltpetre-maker1611 starch man1699 varnish-maker1753 icemaker1775 kelper1808 black lead maker1813 bone man1834 kelp-burner1845 black-salter1866 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Salpestrier, a Salt-peter-man, or Salt-peter-maker. 1843 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 6 424/1 In 1627 the saltpetre-makers were authorized to take away the ground of all dove-houses, stables, lairs, or other places where cattle were kept. saltpetre work n. (also saltpetre works) ΚΠ 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Mortar The finest of all kinds of Mortar for salt-petre work, is such as is had from the ruins of old buildings in a low situation. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Mortar The common managers of the saltpetre-works. saltpetre-worker n. ΚΠ 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Mortar The salt-petre workers in France using the Mortar of old buildings. C2. saltpetre flour n. (see quot. 1848). ΚΠ 1848 E. Ronalds & T. Richardson tr. F. Knapp Chem. Technol. I. 373 The saltpetre is obtained as a snow-white powder, consisting of fine crystalline needles—‘saltpetre-flour’. saltpetre house n. (a) a building in which saltpetre is made or stored; (b) = French la Salpétrière, a hospital for aged and infirm women at Paris; formerly a prison for women. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > place where specific things are made > [noun] > others coal pitOE wireworks1598 alum works1617 copperas-worka1661 saltpetre house1683 nailery1802 railworks1863 lockworks1864 sulphur-work1870 tack-mill1884 pitch-boilery1885 rubber plant1886 soot house1957 society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > reformatory prison > for women spin-housec1660 saltpetre house1683 spinning-house1803 1683 J. Pettus tr. L. Ercker v. 340 in Fleta Minor i The fore-part of the Salt-Petre House, wherein the Lee Tubs do stand. 1768 Ann. Reg. 1767 77 A woman..condemned..to be branded and confined to the saltpetre-house for nine years. saltpetre-lye n. ‘a liquid obtained by the treatment of saltpetre with water’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1897). ΚΠ 1683 J. Pettus tr. L. Ercker v. 321 in Fleta Minor i How the weak Salt-Petre Lee is to be made richer and boil'd to greater profit. 1740 G. Smith tr. Laboratory (ed. 2) App. p. lxxi Saw-dust boil'd in saltpetre lee. † saltpetre man n. Obsolete a man appointed to find saltpetre for the manufacture of gunpowder. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > prospector > for saltpetre saltpetre man1578 1578 Acts Privy Council (1904) XXVIII. 382 For chardges fo William Shill and John Tyrret, saltpeter-men. 1589 ‘Marphoreus’ Martins Months Minde Ep. Ded. sig. A2^v That haue chosen a Saltpeter man for their foreman, and a gunne powder house..for their printing shop. 1617 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Faire Quarrell i. sig. B4^v They are Salt-peetermen..And they bring commission: the kings power indeed. a1691 R. Boyle Gen. Hist. Air (1692) 43 We seldom find Salt-peter in the earth, but that there is sea-salt mixed with it, which puts the salt-peter-men to a great deal of trouble to separate it. saltpetre paper n. = touchpaper n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > touch-wood-paper tindera700 tache1393 toucha1500 kindlinga1522 touchwood1575 spunk1582 matchwood1597 lint1612 funk1673 firelighter1771 saltpetre paper1832 match-paper1883 1832 D. Brewster Lett. Nat. Magic xiii. 320 The heat of the wire is always sufficient to kindle a piece of German fungus or saltpetre paper. saltpetre rot n. white efflorescence which forms on new or damp walls, caused by saltpetre working through to the surface. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [noun] > specific impurities > incrustation > on brick saltpetre rot1848 whitewashing1884 saltpetreing1885 1848 E. Ronalds & T. Richardson tr. F. Knapp Chem. Technol. I. 351 A floccular, white, crystalline efflorescence..which is called salt-petre rot. † saltpetre salt n. Obsolete (see quot. 1683). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical substances > salts > [noun] > salts named by atomic number > nitrates or nitrites nitrous salt1605 saltpetre salt1682 nitrate1788 nitre1788 nitrite1788 septite1795 nitrate1863 1682 J. Collins Salt & Fishery 126 Salt-Petre Salt as to goodness hath no great Repute. 1683 J. Pettus tr. L. Ercker v. 337 in Fleta Minor i The black or grey Salt-Petre Salt, which is found (in boyling Salt-petre) below in the Kettle and slender Tub. Derivatives saltˈpetreing n. the formation of saltpetre rot. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [noun] > specific impurities > incrustation > on brick saltpetre rot1848 whitewashing1884 saltpetreing1885 1885 Spons' Mechanics' Own Bk. 602 The surfaces of walls are often covered with an efflorescence of an unsightly character, formed by a process known as ‘saltpetreing’. † saltˈpetrish adj. Obsolete pertaining to, of the nature of, or impregnated with, saltpetre. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > nitrates > [adjective] > potassium nitrate saltpetrous1662 salnitral1683 saltpetrish1683 nitric1788 1683 J. Pettus tr. L. Ercker v. 322 in Fleta Minor i The..Clay of very old Walls..where the Earth it self is Salt-Petrish. † saltˈpetrous adj. Obsolete = saltpetrish adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > nitrates > [adjective] > potassium nitrate saltpetrous1662 salnitral1683 saltpetrish1683 nitric1788 1662 J. Davies tr. A. 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