"Saltpetre" is a word in ENGLISH
Potassium nitrate; niter; a white crystalline substance,
KNO3, having a cooling saline taste, obtained by leaching from certain
soils in which it is produced by the process of nitrification (see
Nitrification, 2). It is a strong oxidizer, is the chief constituent of
gunpowder, and is also used as an antiseptic in curing meat, and in
medicine as a diuretic, diaphoretic, and refrigerant.
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A white crystalline semitransparent salt; potassium nitrate; saltpeter. See Saltpeter.
Read the complete definitionsalitri n saltpeter, potassium nitrate in crystal form. v [A; b] use, put saltpeter on s.t.
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