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Definition of Vitriol

Vitriol To dip in dilute sulphuric acid; to pickle. To vitriolize. A sulphate of any one of certain metals, as copper, iron, zinc, cobalt. So called on account of the glassy appearance or luster. Sulphuric acid; -- called also oil of vitriol. So called because first made by the distillation of green vitriol. See Sulphuric acid, under Sulphuric. Related Definitions: Account, Acid, Also, Any, Appearance, As, Because, By, Called, Certain, Cobalt, Copper, Dilute, Dip, Distillation, First, Glassy, Green, In, Iron, Luster, Zinc, Made, Of, Oil, On, One, Or, Pickle, See, So, Sulphate, Sulphuric, The, To, Under, Vitriol, Vitriolize

Vitriol Translations vitriol in German is Vitriol

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