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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sulphuric \Sul*phu"ric\, a. [Cf. F. sulfurique.]
Of or pertaining to sulphur; as, a sulphuric smell.
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(Chem.) Derived from, or containing, sulphur; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with the sulphurous compounds; as, sulphuric acid. Sulphuric acid.
Sulphur trioxide (see under Sulphur); -- formerly so called on the dualistic theory of salts. [Obs.]
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A heavy, corrosive, oily liquid, H2SO4, colorless when pure, but usually yellowish or brownish, produced by the combined action of sulphur dioxide, oxygen (from the air), steam, and nitric fumes. It attacks and dissolves many metals and other intractable substances, sets free most acids from their salts, and is used in the manufacture of hydrochloric and nitric acids, of soda, of bleaching powders, etc. It is also powerful dehydrating agent, having a strong affinity for water, and eating and corroding paper, wood, clothing, etc. It is thus used in the manufacture of ether, of imitation parchment, and of nitroglycerin. It is also used in etching iron, in removing iron scale from forgings, in petroleum refining, etc., and in general its manufacture is the most important and fundamental of all the chemical industries. Formerly called vitriolic acid, and now popularly vitriol, and oil of vitriol.
Fuming sulphuric acid, or Nordhausen sulphuric acid. See Disulphuric acid, under Disulphuric.
Sulphuric anhydride, sulphur trioxide. See under Sulphur.
Sulphuric ether, common an[ae]sthetic ether; -- so called because made by the catalytic action of sulphuric acid on alcohol. See Ether, 3 (a) .
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "sulphate of iron," from Old French vitriol (13c.), from Medieval Latin vitriolum "vitriol," noun use of neuter of vitriolus, variant of Late Latin vitreolus "of glass," from Latin vitreus "of glass, glassy," from vitrum "glass" (see vitreous). So called from its glassy appearance in certain states. Meaning "bitter or caustic feelings" first attested 1769, in reference to the corrosive properties of vitriol (when heated it produces sulfuric acid, formerly called oil of vitriol).
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context dated English) sulphuric acid and various metal sulphates 2 (context by extension English) bitterly abusive language vb. 1 (cx transitive English) To subject to bitter verbal abuse. 2 (cx transitive metallurgy English) To dip in dilute sulphuric acid; to pickle. 3 (cx transitive colloquial English) To vitriolize.
WordNet
n. (H2SO4) a highly corrosive acid made from sulfur dioxide; widely used in the chemical industry [syn: oil of vitriol, sulfuric acid, sulphuric acid]
abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will [syn: vituperation, invective]
v. expose to the effects of vitriol or injure with vitriol
subject to bitter verbal abuse
[also: vitriolling, vitriolled]
Wikipedia
In chemistry, vitriol is an archaic name for a sulfate. The name comes from the Latin word "vitriolum" for glassy, as crystals of several metallic sulfates resemble pieces of colored glass.
In particular:
- Black vitriol is a mixture of iron(II) sulfate and iron sulfide
- Blue vitriol is copper(II) sulfate pentahydrate
- Green vitriol is iron(II) sulfate heptahydrate
- Oil of vitriol is sulfuric acid
- Red vitriol is cobalt(II) sulfate heptahydrate
- Roman vitriol is copper(II) sulfate pentahydrate
- Spirit of vitriol is sulfuric acid
- Sweet oil of vitriol is diethyl ether (not a sulfate)
- Vitriol with no further qualification often means sulfuric acid
- Vitriol of argile is aluminum sulfate (alum)
- Vitriol of clay is aluminum sulfate (alum)
- Vitriol of Cyprus is copper(II) sulfate pentahydrate
- Vitriol of Mars or vitriol martial is iron(III) sulfate
- White vitriol is zinc sulfate heptahydrate
Many other names have the obvious meaning given that "vitriol" means "sulfate": for example, vitriol of lead is lead sulfate and so on.
Usage examples of "vitriol".
An overdressed woman is not so pleasing as she might be, but at any rate she is better than the oil of vitriol squirter, whose profession it is to teach young ladies to avoid vanity by spoiling their showy silks and satins.
They react with the green vitriol, which in Grantville is called iron sulfate, to form the dark iron tannate and gallate.
I have also a quantity of minerals, plenty of vitriol, cinnabar, antimony, and one hundred quintals of mercury.
Our furnace eke of calcination, And of waters albification, Unslaked lime, chalk, and *glair of an ey,* *egg-white Powders diverse, ashes, dung, piss, and clay, Seared pokettes, saltpetre, and vitriol.
Naturally, when baronets are threatening to pour vitriol down her neck, a refined and sensitive young girl cannot pick her words.
A drop of vitriol seeped through a hole that it had eaten in the hinge of the siphon, and splashed on Bellcrank's shoe.
The vitriol ate the buckle strap in two, and with a mighty kick, Bellcrank flung the shoe away.
There are two mortars with their pestles just below the colcothar of vitriol.
Emanations of heiratic pride and vitriol flowed from him as if he were defying the entire Stonedown.
Our lamps that burned by day and burned by night To bring about our end, if but we might, Our furnace, too, white-hot for calcination, And waters all prepared for albication, Unslaked lime, chalk, and white of egg, I say, Powders diverse, and ashes, dung, piss, clay, Little waxed bags, saltpetre, vitriol.
The first alchemistic principle is VITRIOL: Visita Interiora Terrae, Rectificando Invenies Occultum Lapi-dem.
He had dabbled in alchemistic experiments himself, making distillations, aqua regia, aqua fortris, and iron vitriol.
I used eggshells, sulfur, vitriol, arsenic, sal ammoniac, quartz, alkalis, oxides of rock, saltpeter, soda, salt of tartar, and potash alum.
All it took was cotton thread soaked in vitriol and aqua fortis&mdash.
For long, green vitriol was confused with blue vitriol, which generally occurs as an impurity in crude green vitriol.