muriate

[ myoor-ee-eyt, -it ]

noun

1. (not in scientific use) any chloride, especially potassium chloride, KCl, used as a fertilizer.

muriate

/ -ˌeɪt; ˈmjʊərɪɪt /

noun

1. an obsolete name for a chloride

Other Words From

• sub·muri·ate noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of muriate¹

First recorded in 1780–90; back formation from muriatic

Word History and Origins

Origin of muriate¹

C18: back formation from muriatic; see muriatic acid

Example Sentences

General Manager Don Purvis said the move away from muriate was a corporate decision involving a product that makes up about 30 percent of production at the Carlsbad facility.

From Washington Times

It is generally employed in the form of muriate of cocaine and principally used as a local an�sthetic.

From Project Gutenberg

Chemical experiments have established its composition, as follows: first, of a soapy matter with a basis of potash, which forms the greater part of it; second, a small quantity of carbonate of potash; third, a perceptible quantity of acetate of potash; fourth, lime, in a peculiar and unknown state of combination; fifth, an atom of muriate of potash; sixth, an animal oil, to which its peculiar odor is attributable.

From Project Gutenberg

Liebermeister usually gives to adults from twenty-two to forty-five grains of the sulphate or the muriate of quinia, and this dose must positively be taken within the space of half an hour, or, at the most, an hour, as it is useless, he says, to expect the full benefit of this dose to appear if the dose is divided and its administration is extended over a longer time.

From Project Gutenberg

A very good idea of the direction taken by the incoming air can also be obtained by the use of fumes of nascent muriate of ammonia, as above described.

From Project Gutenberg