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Vitriol

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) To vitriolize.

(2):

(n.) To dip in dilute sulphuric acid; to pickle.

(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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Vitriol'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​v/vitriol.html. 1828.