What is "corrosive sublimate"

mercury bichloride \mercury bichloride\ n. the compound ( HgCl2) consisting of two atoms of chlorine united with one atom of mercury. Also called bichloride of mercury, mercuric chloride, corrosive sublimate, and mercury perchloride. It is used as ``a topical antiseptic and disinfectant for inanimate objects''.
--Stedman's 25th

Bichloride \Bi*chlo"ride\, n. [Pref. bi- + chloride.] (Chem.) A compound consisting of two atoms of chlorine with one or more atoms of another element; -- called also dichloride.

Bichloride of mercury, mercuric chloride; -- sometimes called corrosive sublimate. [1913 Webster] ||

n. (context chemistry obsolete English) mercuric chloride

n. a white poisonous soluble crystalline sublimate of mercury; used as a pesticide or antiseptic or wood preservative [syn: mercuric chloride, mercury chloride, bichloride of mercury]