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Webster 1913 Edition
Corrosive
Cor-ro′sive
(k?r-r?′s?v)
, Adj.
[Cf. F.
corrosif
.] 1.
Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, changing, or destroying the texture or substance of a body;
“Corrosive liquors.” as, the
. corrosive
action of an acidGrew.
“Corrosive famine.” Thomson.
2.
Having the quality of fretting or vexing.
Care is no cure, but
corrosive
. Shakespeare
Corrosive sublimate
(Chem.)
, mercuric chloride,
HgCl2
; so called because obtained by sublimation, and because of its harsh irritating action on the body tissue. Usually it is in the form of a heavy, transparent, crystalline substance, easily soluble, and of an acrid, burning taste. It is a virulent poison, a powerful antiseptic, and an excellent antisyphilitic; called also mercuric bichloride
. It is to be carefully distinguished from calomel, the mild chloride of mercury.Cor-ro′sive
,Noun.
1.
That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually.
[
Corrosives
] act either directly, by chemically destroying the part, or indirectly by causing inflammation and gangrene. Dunglison.
2.
That which has the power of fretting or irritating.
– Cor-ro′sive-ly
, adv.
Cor-ro′sive-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Corrosive
CORROSIVE
,Adj.
1.
Eating; wearing away; having the power of gradually wearing, consuming or impairing; as corrosive sublimate; corrosive care; a corrosive ulcer.2.
Having the quality of fretting or vexing.Corrosive sublimate, the corrosive muriate or perchloride of mercury.
CORROSIVE
,Noun.
1.
That which has the quality of eating or wearing gradually.2.
That which has the power of fretting.