Vitriol(n.) A sulphate of any one of certain metals, as copper, iron, zinc, cobalt. So called on account of the glassy appearance or luster.
Vitriol(n.) Sulphuric acid; -- called also oil of vitriol. So called because first made by the distillation of green vitriol. See Sulphuric acid, under Sulphuric.
Vitriolate(a.) Vitriolated.
Vitriolate(n.) A sulphate.
Vitriolate(v. t.) To convert into, or change to, a vitriol; to make into sulphuric acid or a sulphate.
Vitriolate(v. t.) To subject to the action of, or impregnate with, vitriol.
Vitriolated(a.) Changed into a vitriol or a sulphate, or subjected to the action of sulphuric acid or of a sulphate; as, vitriolated potash, i. e., potassium sulphate.
Vitriolated(imp. & p. p.) of Vitriolate
Vitriolating(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vitriolate
Vitriolation(n.) The act, process, or result of vitriolating.
Vitriolic(a.) Of or pertaining to vitriol; derived from, or resembling, vitriol; vitriolous; as, a vitriolic taste. Cf. Vitriol.
Vitriolization(n.) The act of vitriolizing, or the state of being vitriolized; vitriolation.
Vitriolize(v. t.) To convert into a vitriol; to vitriolate.
Vitriolous(a.) See Vitriolic.
Words within vitriols