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Definition of white vitriol in English: white vitriolnoun mass nounarchaic Crystalline zinc sulphate. Example sentencesExamples - While Lewis ordered a few ounces of some other chemical drugs, such as magnesia, tartar emetic, and white vitriol, he asked for six pounds of ‘salts.’
- These may be braced and strengthened by bathing the eye with brandy and water, Hungary-water, rose-water with white vitriol dissolved in it.
- Some sulfates were formerly known as vitriols; blue vitriol is cupric sulfate, green vitriol is ferrous sulfate, and white vitriol is zinc sulfate.
- Formerly it was ground finely in oil, either pure or with a mixture of white vitriol and added to the dark oil paints.
- A viscous residue in the bottom of each and a foul smell that denoted combinations of alum with white vitriol, sulphate of iron, and of acetate of lead with opium and ipecac.
Definition of white vitriol in US English: white vitriolnounˌ(h)wīt ˈvitrēəl archaic Crystalline zinc sulfate. Example sentencesExamples - Some sulfates were formerly known as vitriols; blue vitriol is cupric sulfate, green vitriol is ferrous sulfate, and white vitriol is zinc sulfate.
- These may be braced and strengthened by bathing the eye with brandy and water, Hungary-water, rose-water with white vitriol dissolved in it.
- Formerly it was ground finely in oil, either pure or with a mixture of white vitriol and added to the dark oil paints.
- While Lewis ordered a few ounces of some other chemical drugs, such as magnesia, tartar emetic, and white vitriol, he asked for six pounds of ‘salts.’
- A viscous residue in the bottom of each and a foul smell that denoted combinations of alum with white vitriol, sulphate of iron, and of acetate of lead with opium and ipecac.
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