The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sulphite \Sul"phite\, n. [Cf. F. sulfite. See Sulphur.]
(Chem.) A salt of sulphurous acid; -- called also sulfite.
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A person who is spontaneous and original in his habits of thought and conversation. [Archaic Slang] -- Sul*phit"ic, a. [Slang]
A sulphite is a person who does his own thinking, he is a person who has surprises up his sleeve. He is explosive.
--Gelett Burgess.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context inorganic chemistry chiefly British spelling English) (alternative spelling of sulfite English) 2 (cx archaic slang English) A person who is spontaneous and original in thought and conversation.
Usage examples of "sulphite".
By mixing with milk of lime, the acidity is neutralised, zinc oxide and calcium sulphite are thrown down, and a solution of neutral sodium hydrosulphite is obtained which is more stable and can be kept longer without decomposition.
Sulphites are of little importance to the assayer, and are converted into sulphates by the action of nitric acid and other oxidising agents.
The bleaching agents most likely to have been used are oxalic, citric, or hydrochloric acid, bleaching powder solution, or acid sulphite of sodium.
Rags and the Chemical Control of Rag Boiling -- Esparto Boiling -- Wood Boiling -- Testing Spent Liquors and Recovered Ash -- Experimental Tests with Raw Fibrous Materials -- Boiling in Autoclaves -- Bleaching and making up Hand Sheets -- Examination of Sulphite Liquors -- Estimation of Moisture in Pulp and Half-stuff -- Recommendations of the British Wood Pulp Association.
The filtered solution is acidified with hydrochloric acid, warmed, and precipitated with sodium sulphite.
He took a slow breath and I knew that he felt as I had when this picture had slowly appeared from the sodium sulphite.