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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..

Vitriolic :: Vitriolic (a.) Of or pertaining to vitriol; derived from, or resembling, vitriol; vitriolous; as, a vitriolic taste. Cf. Vitriol..

Vitriolating :: Vitriolating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vitriolat.

Vitriolate :: Vitriolate (n.) A sulphate.

Vitriolization :: Vitriolization (n.) The act of vitriolizing, or the state of being vitriolized; vitriolation..

Vitriolous :: Vitriolous (a.) See Vitriolic.

Bluestone :: Bluestone (n.) Blue vitriol.

Vitriolize :: Vitriolize (v. t.) To convert into a vitriol; to vitriolate.

Vitriolate :: Vitriolate (v. t.) To subject to the action of, or impregnate with, vitriol..

Salt :: 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..

Cyanosite :: Cyanosite (n.) Native sulphate of copper. Cf. Blue vitriol, under Blue..

Vitriolation :: Vitriolation (n.) The act, process, or result of vitriolating..

Vitriol :: Vitriol (n.) Sulphuric acid; -- called also oil of vitriol. So called because first made by the distillation of green vitriol. See Sulphuric acid, under Sulphuric..

Melanterite :: Melanterite (n.) A hydrous sulphate of iron of a green color and vitreous luster; iron vitriol.

Chalcanthite :: Chalcanthite (n.) Native blue vitriol. See Blue vitriol, under Blue..

Sory :: Sory (n.) Green vitriol, or some earth imregnated with it..

Vitriolate :: Vitriolate (a.) Vitriolated.

Vitriolate :: Vitriolate (v. t.) To convert into, or change to, a vitriol; to make into sulphuric acid or a sulphate..

Vitriolated :: Vitriolated (a.) Changed into a vitriol or a sulphate, or subjected to the action of sulphuric acid or of a sulphate; as, vitriolated potash, i. e., potassium sulphate..

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..

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