- a variation of niter.
nitre
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of nitre
C14: via Old French from Latin nitrum, from Greek nitron natron
Example Sentences
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In South Carolina, in April 1864, the Confederate government hired 31 enslaved people to work at the Ashley Ferry Nitre Works, outside Charleston.
From Washington Post • Jul. 9, 2020
He was immediately blooded, had a saline Mixture with Contrayerva and Nitre, and was ordered to take a Purge in the Morning.
From An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany by Monro, Donald
Nitre, nī′tėr, n. the nitrate of potash—also called Saltpetre.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
Nitre may be given too in a Bolus with Conserve of Elder-berries.
From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)
Gave pill—Antimony, three grains, Calomel, one grain, Nitre, ten grains.
From The Dog by Dinks
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