aqua fortis
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of aqua fortis
1595–1605; < Latin: literally, strong water
Example Sentences
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The method is as follows: Dissolve copper filings in aqua fortis.
From Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments by Unknown
Dissolve an ounce of fine silver in three ounces of strong aqua fortis, in a glass bottle.
From Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments by Unknown
By accident a few drops of aqua fortis fell upon his spectacles.
From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 3 May 1906 by Various
Re-enter, rē-en′tėr, v.t. and v.i. to enter again or anew: in engraving, to cut deeper where the aqua fortis has not bitten sufficiently.—p.adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
Then he applied aqua fortis to it, and it responded as it should.
From Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel by Glazier, Willard W.
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