About The Word Niter
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Niter
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What's The Definition Of Niter?
[n] (KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive
Synonyms | Synonyms for Niter: nitre | potassium nitrate | saltpeter | saltpetre Related Terms | Find terms related to Niter: See Also | fertiliser | fertilizer | nitrate | plant food Niter In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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