prussiate

[pruhsh-ee-eyt, -it, pruhs-]

noun Chemistry.

a ferricyanide or ferrocyanide.

a salt of prussic acid; a cyanide.

Origin of prussiate

From French, dating back to 1780–90; see origin at prussic acid, -ate²

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Historical Examples of prussiate

The goods, previously polished and finished, are heated to a bright-red, and rubbed or sprinkled over with prussiate of potash.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I
Arnold Cooley
As soon as the prussiate appears to be decomposed and dissipated the articles are plunged into cold water.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I
Arnold Cooley
Might you not have used potassium cyanide or prussiate of potash?
The Darrow Enigma
Melvin L. Severy
A prussiate of iron is obtainable of a violet hue, affording good shadow tints and clear pale washes.
Field's Chromatography
George Field
I have a peculiar kind of steel which I cannot harden by fire and water, neither will it caseharden by prussiate of potash.
Scientific American, Vol. XXXIX.--No. 24. [New Series.], December 14, 1878
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British Dictionary definitions for prussiate

prussiate

noun

any cyanide, ferrocyanide, or ferricyanide

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