Definition of salt

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Salt (n.) The neutral compound formed by the union of an acid and a base; thus, sulphuric acid and iron form the salt sulphate of iron or green vitriol..

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Sulphophosphite :: Sulphophosphate (n.) A salt of sulphophosphoric acid.
Cat-salt :: Cat-salt (n.) A sort of salt, finely granulated, formed out of the bittern or leach brine..
Fluoborate :: Fluoborate (n.) A salt of fluoboric acid; a fluoboride.
Monsel''s Solution :: Monsel's solution () An aqueous solution of Monsel's salt, having valuable styptic properties..
Tannate :: Tannate (n.) A salt of tannic acid.
Taw :: Taw (v. t.) To dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, and the like, by imbuing them with alum, salt, and other agents, for softening and bleaching them..
Thymate :: Thymate (n.) A compound of thymol analogous to a salt; as, sodium thymate..
Rust :: Rust (n.) Foul matter arising from degeneration; as, rust on salted meat..
Phenolate :: Phenolate (n.) A compound of phenol analogous to a salt.
Linoleic :: Linoleic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, linoleum, or linseed oil; specifically (Chem.), designating an organic acid, a thin yellow oil, found combined as a salt of glycerin in oils of linseed, poppy, hemp, and certain nuts..
Induline :: Induline (n.) A dark green amorphous dyestuff, produced by the oxidation of aniline in the presence of copper or vanadium salts; -- called also aniline black..
Hemin :: Hemin (n.) A substance, in the form of reddish brown, microscopic, prismatic crystals, formed from dried blood by the action of strong acetic acid and common salt; -- called also Teichmann's crystals. Chemically, it is a hydrochloride of hematin..
Oxymuriate :: Oxymuriate (n.) A salt of the supposed oxymuriatic acid; a chloride.
Brine :: Brine (v. t.) To sprinkle with salt or brine; as, to brine hay..
Junk :: Junk (n.) Hard salted beef supplied to ships.
Igneous :: Igneous (a.) Resulting from, or produced by, the action of fire; as, lavas and basalt are igneous rocks..
Saccharinic :: Saccharinic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, saccharin; specifically, designating a complex acid not known in the free state but well known in its salts, which are obtained by boiling dextrose and levulose (invert sugar) with milk of lime..
Monsel''s Salt :: Monsel's salt () A basic sulphate of iron; -- so named from Monsel, a Frenchman..
Secretage :: Secretage (n.) A process in which mercury, or some of its salts, is employed to impart the property of felting to certain kinds of furs..
Subereous :: Suberate (n.) A salt of suberic acid.
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