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(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.