muriate

American  

[myoor-ee-ayt, -it] / ˈmjʊər iˌeɪt, -ɪt /

noun

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

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muriate British  

/ ˈmjʊərɪɪt, -ˌeɪt /

noun

1. an obsolete name for a chloride

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Other Word Forms

• submuriate
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of muriate

First recorded in 1780–90; back formation from muriatic

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Example Sentences

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muriate

A solution of muriate of tin may be managed in a similar manner, but none of these solutions can be thus revived on paper.

From A Select Collection of Valuable and Curious Arts and Interesting Experiments, Which are Well Explained and Warranted Genuine and may be Performed Easily, Safely, and at Little Expense. by Various Unknown

Breidenbach16 gives the quinia muriate in larger doses—one and a half to fifteen and a half grains per diem.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Pour sulphuric acid upon a similar quantity of dry muriate of soda;—muriatic acid gas will be rapidly evolved.

From A Select Collection of Valuable and Curious Arts and Interesting Experiments, Which are Well Explained and Warranted Genuine and may be Performed Easily, Safely, and at Little Expense. by Various Unknown

He looked at me amazed, and I explained that many farmers used four-parts bone-dust to one part muriate of potash and mixed it well.

From Natalie: A Garden Scout by Lillian Elizabeth Roy

Another method is, to apply in the same manner a solution of two ounces of muriate of soda, in four ounces of water, with one ounce of nitric acid.

From A Select Collection of Valuable and Curious Arts and Interesting Experiments, Which are Well Explained and Warranted Genuine and may be Performed Easily, Safely, and at Little Expense. by Various Unknown

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