Sal
[sɑːl] or [sæl]
Definition
(n.) An East Indian timber tree (Shorea robusta), much used for building purposes. It is of a light brown color, close-grained, heavy, and durable.
(n.) Salt.
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Definition
n. a large gregarious timber tree of north India with hard dark-brown coarse-grained durable wood.
n. salt used in chemistry and pharmacy with various adjectives as Sal′-alem′broth a solution of equal parts of corrosive sublimate and ammonium chloride—also Salt of wisdom; Sal′-ammō′niac chloride of ammonium with a sharp saline taste; Sal′-seignette′ Rochelle salt; Sal′-volat′ile a solution of carbonate of ammonia in alcohol—a common remedy for faintness.
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Examples
- Dissolve the sal soda, borax, and sal tartar in the hot water and add the other ingredients. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Lydgate made her drink a dose of sal volatile. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It is composed of pure copper, 100 parts; pure tin, 17 parts; magnesia, 6 parts; tartar of commerce, 9 parts; sal-ammoniac, 3. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Cut the camomile in pieces and rub fine with the sal-ammoniac; add the lavender water and vinegar by placing all in a glass flask and let it digest for twelve hours and filter. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Tell me vat I sal do for you. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- And vat sal I do vid dis clean voman vat you talk to me about? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Raymond is a witness what ginger and sal volatile I am obliged to take in the night. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He engaged in experiments, and ultimately made a fortune by a process for the manufacture of sal ammoniac from coal-soot. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Dissolve 5 parts of lunar caustic in 10 parts of spirit of sal ammoniac. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- This was introduced by Craufurd (British patent No. 7,355, of April 29, 1837), and consisted in plunging the iron into a bath of melted zinc covered with sal ammoniac. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Instead of the solution of sal-ammoniac equal parts of water and hydrochloric acid saturated with zinc can be used just as well. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Then put in a crumb of sal-ammoniac and fill up with water and it is ready for use. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Sal volatile and water followed, to compose dear Mr. Godfrey's nerves. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Who could arrest a creature capable of scaling the overhanging sides of Mont Salêve? Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
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