a. 1. Put in brine. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) Combined or impregnated with muriatic or hydrochloric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Photog.) Prepared with chloride of silver through the agency of common salt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A perchlorate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Perchloric; as, hyperoxymuriatic acid. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Muriatic. ] (Chem.) A salt of muriatic hydrochloric acid; a chloride; as, muriate of ammonia. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This term, as also the word muriatic, was formerly applied to the chlorides before their true composition was understood, and while they were erroneously supposed to be compounds of an acid with an oxide. Muriate and muriatic are still occasionally used as commercial terms, but are obsolete in scientific language. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. muriaticus pickled, from muria brine: cf. F. muriatique. ] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, sea salt, or from chlorine, one of the constituents of sea salt; hydrochloric. [ 1913 Webster ]

Muriatic acid, hydrochloric acid, HCl; -- formerly called also marine acid, and spirit of salt. See hydrochloric, and the Note under Muriate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Muriatic + -ferous. ] (Old Chem.) Producing muriatic substances or salt. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. nitromuriatique. See Nitro-, and Muriatic. ] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or composed of, nitric acid and muriatic acid; nitrohydrochloric. See Nitrohydrochloric. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Old Chem.) A salt of the supposed oxymuriatic acid; a chloride. [ 1913 Webster ]

Oxymuriate of lime, chloride of lime. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Oxy- (a) + muriatic: cf. F. oxymuriatique. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, oxygen and muriatic acid, that is, hydrochloric acid. [ Archaic. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Oxymuriatic acid, chlorine, formerly so called on the supposition that it was a compound of oxygen and muriatic acid. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A perchlorate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Perchloric; as, hyperoxymuriatic acid. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Muriatic. ] (Chem.) A salt of muriatic hydrochloric acid; a chloride; as, muriate of ammonia. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This term, as also the word muriatic, was formerly applied to the chlorides before their true composition was understood, and while they were erroneously supposed to be compounds of an acid with an oxide. Muriate and muriatic are still occasionally used as commercial terms, but are obsolete in scientific language. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Put in brine. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) Combined or impregnated with muriatic or hydrochloric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Photog.) Prepared with chloride of silver through the agency of common salt. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. muriaticus pickled, from muria brine: cf. F. muriatique. ] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, sea salt, or from chlorine, one of the constituents of sea salt; hydrochloric. [ 1913 Webster ]

Muriatic acid, hydrochloric acid, HCl; -- formerly called also marine acid, and spirit of salt. See hydrochloric, and the Note under Muriate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Muriatic + -ferous. ] (Old Chem.) Producing muriatic substances or salt. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. nitromuriatique. See Nitro-, and Muriatic. ] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or composed of, nitric acid and muriatic acid; nitrohydrochloric. See Nitrohydrochloric. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Old Chem.) A salt of the supposed oxymuriatic acid; a chloride. [ 1913 Webster ]

Oxymuriate of lime, chloride of lime. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Oxy- (a) + muriatic: cf. F. oxymuriatique. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, oxygen and muriatic acid, that is, hydrochloric acid. [ Archaic. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Oxymuriatic acid, chlorine, formerly so called on the supposition that it was a compound of oxygen and muriatic acid. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]