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.
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Vitriol Translations
vitriol in German is Vitriol
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