green vitriol
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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If green vitriol be dehydrated and powdered, it is white.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola
The liquors are concentrated and the green vitriol separates from them.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by William McPherson
After completion of laconic epistolary compositions she abandoned the implement of calligraphy in the encaustic pigment, exposed to the corrosive action of copperas, green vitriol and nutgall.
From Ulysses by James Joyce
Dissolve green vitriol and a little nitrous acid in common water.
From Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments by Unknown
Take powdered galls one pound, powdered green vitriol half a pound, powdered gum 4 ounces, mix all together, put it up into 2 ounce packages, each of which will make a pint if ink.
From Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets by Daniel Young
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