Saltpeter
['sɔːlt'piːtə] or ['sɔlt,pitɚ]
Definition
(n.) Alt. of Saltpetre
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of saltpeter, denotes change in your living will add loss to some unconquerable grief.
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Examples
- Dissolve the saltpeter in the vitriol and add it to the water. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- A substance which had been found in the ashes of s eaweed two years previously, by a soap-boiler and manufacturer of saltpeter, was submitted t o Davy for chemical examination. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- If desired other substances, such as salt and saltpeter, may be added to the boro-phosphate compound, and the whole mixed thoroughly by regrinding. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Hence the early chemists made all possible mixtures of pitch, resin, naphtha, sulphur, saltpeter, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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