spirits of salt

noun

1. functioning as singular or plural a solution of hydrochloric acid in water

Example Sentences

Other substances possessed of these properties—for instance oil of vitriol and spirits of salt—as they became known, were classed along with vinegar; but no attempts were made to clearly define the properties of these bodies till comparatively recent times.

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This primordial acid is more or less mixed with earthy matter in all actual acids; it is very pure in spirits of salt.

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To remove Corns.—Get four ounces of white diachylon plaster, four ounces of shoemaker's wax, and sixty drops of muriatic acid or spirits of salt.

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To give a fine colour to mahogany, let the furniture be washed perfectly clean with vinegar, having first taken out any ink stains there may be, with spirits of salt, taking the greatest care to touch the stained part very slightly, and then the spirits must be instantly washed off.

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Paper or parchment may be stained of a green colour, by gradually dissolving some copper filings in aqua-fortis, or the spirits of salt, putting in the filings till the ebullition ceases.

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