copperas
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of copperas
1400–50; late Middle English coperas, variant of Middle English coperose < Medieval Latin ( aqua ) cuprōsa copperish (water). See copper 1, -ose 1
Example Sentences
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Early mine operators realized that they could also extract copper from copperas.
From Washington Times • Jul. 3, 2017
Sumach, logwood, iron liquor, and copperas, will form a black.
From Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies by Blacker, William
The solution of iron in spirit of vitriol produces green copperas; which being calcined, becomes a red substance, called colcothar.
From Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry by Priestley, Joseph
Boil ground logwood with bruised nut galls and a small quantity of copperas, according to judgment: you may have a pigeon dun, lead colour, light, or dark dun.
From Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies by Blacker, William
Colcothar, kol′kō-thar, n. a dark-red iron peroxide formed by calcining copperas.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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