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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Niter \Ni"ter\, Nitre \Ni"tre\, n. [F. nitre, L. nitrum native
soda, natron, Gr ?; cf Ar nit?n, natr?n 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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
niter
n : (KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive [syn: {potassium
nitrate}, {saltpeter}, {saltpetre}, {nitre}]
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