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chlorine, as a supposed compound of oxygen and hydrochloric (‘muriatic’) acid.
= oxymuriatic acid n. at sense 1a.
A chemical element of the halogen series, atomic number 17, which is a yellowish-green, pungent gas with diatomic molecules (Cl2), but is found…