nitre

American  

[nahy-ter] / ˈnaɪ tər /

noun

Chiefly British.

1. a variant of niter.

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nitre British  

/ ˈnaɪtə /

noun

1. another name for potassium nitrate sodium nitrate

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Etymology

Origin of nitre

C14: via Old French from Latin nitrum, from Greek nitron _natron

Example Sentences

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

Nitre is soluble in water, and much more so in hot than in cold.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

Take three Ounces of the common Burdock Root; boil it for half an Hour, with half a Drachm of Nitre, in three full Pints of Water.

From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)

Part II. on the free Use of Nitre in Hæmorrhages, boards, 2s 6d, 8vo.

From Observations on Madness and Melancholy Including Practical Remarks on those Diseases together with Cases and an Account of the Morbid Appearances on Dissection by Haslam, John

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)