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aqua fortis

noun

, Chemistry.


aqua fortis

/ ˈfɔːtɪs /

noun

  1. an obsolete name for nitric acid
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of aqua fortis1

1595–1605; < Latin: literally, strong water
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Word History and Origins

Origin of aqua fortis1

C17: from Latin, literally: strong water
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Example Sentences

If a little aqua-fortis be mixed with the water, the writing will dry well, and not run out of its form when the paper is wetted.

Boil some nut-galls in aqua fortis, and add to the infusion some gum Arabic and a little sulphuric acid.

Dissolve fine silver in aqua fortis; and after the dissolution, add some distilled water in the same manner as in the gold ink.

Dissolve an ounce of fine silver in three ounces of strong aqua fortis, in a glass bottle.

Dissolve chalk in aqua fortis, to the consistence of milk, and add to that a strong solution of silver.

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