Vitriol Synonyms & Definitions

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• VitriolDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) To dip in dilute sulphuric acid; to pickle.
2. (n.) To vitriolize.
3. (n.) A sulphate of any one of certain metals, as copper, iron, zinc, cobalt. So called on account of the glassy appearance or luster.
4. (n.) Sulphuric acid; -- called also oil of vitriol. So called because first made by the distillation of green vitriol. See Sulphuric acid, under Sulphuric.

• VitriolatedDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (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.
2. (imp. & p. p.) of Vitriolate