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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Cf. F.

vitriolique

(Chem.)

Of or pertaining to vitriol; derived from, or resembling, vitriol; vitriolous;

as, a

vitriolic

taste

. Cf.

Vitriolic acid

(Old Chem.)

(a)

sulphuric acid. See

(b)

[Colloq.]

Adj.

Pertaining to vitriol; having the qualities of vitriol, or obtained from vitriol.

Vitriolic acid, in modern chimistry is denominated sulphuric acid, the base of it being sulphur; sulphur completely saturated with oxygen.