muriate

[myoor-ee-eyt, -it]

noun

1. (not in scientific use) any chloride, especially potassium chloride, KCl, used as a fertilizer.

muriate

/ -ˌeɪt, ˈmjʊərɪɪt /

noun

1. an obsolete name for a chloride

Other Word Forms

• submuriate noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of muriate¹

First recorded in 1780–90; back formation from muriatic

Word History and Origins

Origin of muriate¹

C18: back formation from muriatic; see _{muriatic acid}

Example Sentences

General Manager Don Purvis said the move away from muriate was a corporate decision involving a product that makes up about 30 percent of production at the Carlsbad facility.

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It is generally employed in the form of muriate of cocaine and principally used as a local an�sthetic.

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Chemical experiments have established its composition, as follows: first, of a soapy matter with a basis of potash, which forms the greater part of it; second, a small quantity of carbonate of potash; third, a perceptible quantity of acetate of potash; fourth, lime, in a peculiar and unknown state of combination; fifth, an atom of muriate of potash; sixth, an animal oil, to which its peculiar odor is attributable.

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One-thirty-second of a grain of muriate of pilocarpine was administered every six hours without the desired sudorific effect.

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Muriate of pilocarpine was recommended for this purpose three years ago.

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