NITRES

Noun

nitres

plural of nitre

Anagrams

• Insert, Stiner, Strine, Tiners, estrin, inerts, insert, inters, niters, sinter, terins, triens, trines

Source: Wiktionary

NITRE

Ni"ter, Ni"tre, n. Etym: [F. nitre, L. nitrum native soda, natron, Gr. nit, natr natron. Cf. Natron.]

1. (Chem.)

Definition: A white crystalline semitransparent salt; potassium nitrate; saltpeter. See Saltpeter.

2. (Chem.)

Definition: 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.)

Definition: See Niter.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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