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- n. obsolete, inorganic chemistry An old name of hydrochloric acid.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Chem.) See under Spirit.
- n. (Chem.), [Obs.] hydrochloric acid; -- so called because obtained from salt and sulphuric acid.
Etymologies
- Due to a method of obtaining HCl through reaction of salt and sulphuric acid. (Wiktionary)
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