Definition of Nire
{ Ni"ter, Ni"tre } (?), n.
[F. nitre, L. nitrum native soda, natron, Gr. &?;; cf.
Ar. nitūn, natrūn natron. Cf.
Natron.] 1. (Chem.) A white
crystalline semitransparent salt; potassium nitrate; saltpeter. See
Saltpeter.
2. (Chem.) Native sodium carbonate;
natron. [Obs.]
For though thou wash thee with niter, and take
thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me.
Jer. ii. 22.
Cubic niter, a deliquescent salt, sodium
nitrate, found as a native incrustation, like niter, in Peru and
Chili, whence it is known also as Chili saltpeter. --
Niter bush (Bot.), a genus
(Nitraria) of thorny shrubs bearing edible berries, and
growing in the saline plains of Asia and Northern Africa.
Ni"tre (?), n. (Chem.) See
Niter.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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