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niter

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  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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