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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. See ammonium chloride.

Wiktionary

  1. n. mineralogy a rare mineral composed of ammonium chloride found around volcanic fumaroles and guano deposits.
  2. n. chemistry, archaic ammonium chloride.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. the salt usually called chloride of ammonium, and formerly muriate of ammonia.
  2. n. (Chem.) ammonium chloride, NH4Cl, a white crystalline volatile substance having a sharp salty taste, obtained from gas works, from nitrogenous matter, etc. It is largely employed as a source of ammonia, as a reagent, and as an expectorant in bronchitis. So called because originally made from the soot from camel's dung at the temple of Jupiter Ammon in Africa. Called also muriate of ammonia.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a white salt used in dry cells

Etymologies

  1. Middle English sal armoniak, from Latin sāl ammōniacus, salt of Amen : sāl, salt; see sal + ammōniacus, of Amen; see ammonia. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  1. salt

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  1. salmiac
  2. ammoniac
  3. iron cement
  1. chloride of ammonium
  2. crystallogranular
  3. zincking
  1. beaumontague
  2. ammonium chloride
  3. gas water
  1. white precipitate
  2. rust joint
  3. sal cyrenaicus
  1. spirit
  2. fire-silvering
  3. rust
  1. fumarole
  2. saucer
  3. zinc-plating

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  • reesetee It is a little...strong...right here. Jan 28, 2011

  • ruzuzu I'll admit that when I saw the word muriate, I *did* mistakenly read it as something like micturate. Jan 28, 2011

  • chained_bear ... do you smell something on this page? Jan 28, 2011

  • reesetee Well, that clears it up nicely. Jan 27, 2011

  • ruzuzu Webster's 1913 has this to say: "So called because originally made from the soot from camel's dung at the temple of Jupiter Ammon in Africa. Called also muriate of ammonia." Jan 26, 2011

  • chained_bear Really? Is he seedy because Sal is an Italian name, or is there some other reason? Mar 11, 2008

  • sionnach Sal ammonia, the slightly seedy brother of Simon. (See simoniac) Dec 11, 2007

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