Definition of vitriol

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Vitriol (n.) A sulphate of any one of certain metals, as copper, iron, zinc, cobalt. So called on account of the glassy appearance or luster..

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Vitriolated :: Vitriolated (imp. & p. p.) of Vitriolat.
Vitriolizable :: Vitriolizable (a.) Capable of being converted into a vitriol.
Vitriolization :: Vitriolization (n.) The act of vitriolizing, or the state of being vitriolized; vitriolation..
Inkstone :: Inkstone (n.) A kind of stone containing native vitriol or subphate of iron, used in making ink..
Vitriolize :: Vitriolize (v. t.) To convert into a vitriol; to vitriolate.
Vitriolate :: Vitriolate (v. t.) To convert into, or change to, a vitriol; to make into sulphuric acid or a sulphate..
Vitriolation :: Vitriolation (n.) The act, process, or result of vitriolating..
Vitriolate :: Vitriolate (v. t.) To subject to the action of, or impregnate with, vitriol..
Oil :: Oil (n.) Any one of a great variety of unctuous combustible substances, not miscible with water; as, olive oil, whale oil, rock oil, etc. They are of animal, vegetable, or mineral origin and of varied composition, and they are variously used for food, for solvents, for anointing, lubrication, illumination, etc. By extension, any substance of an oily consistency; as, oil of vitriol..
Vitriolate :: Vitriolate (n.) A sulphate.
Sory :: Sory (n.) Green vitriol, or some earth imregnated with it..
Vitriol :: Vitriol (n.) A sulphate of any one of certain metals, as copper, iron, zinc, cobalt. So called on account of the glassy appearance or luster..
Atramentarious :: Atramentarious (a.) Like ink; suitable for making ink. Sulphate of iron (copperas, green vitriol) is called atramentarious, as being used in making ink..
Melanterite :: Melanterite (n.) A hydrous sulphate of iron of a green color and vitreous luster; iron vitriol.
Copperas :: Copperas (n.) Green vitriol, or sulphate of iron; a green crystalline substance, of an astringent taste, used in making ink, in dyeing black, as a tonic in medicine, etc. It is made on a large scale by the oxidation of iron pyrites. Called also ferrous sulphate..
Vitriolate :: Vitriolate (a.) Vitriolated.
Vitriolating :: Vitriolating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vitriolat.
Bluestone :: Bluestone (n.) Blue vitriol.
Chalcanthite :: Chalcanthite (n.) Native blue vitriol. See Blue vitriol, under Blue..
Vitriolic :: Vitriolic (a.) Of or pertaining to vitriol; derived from, or resembling, vitriol; vitriolous; as, a vitriolic taste. Cf. Vitriol..
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