† septiten.
Chemistry. Obsolete.
In the terminology of S. L. Mitchill: a salt of nitrous or nitric acid; a nitrite or nitrate. Cf. septous adj.
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nitrous salt1605
saltpetre salt1682
nitrate1788
nitre1788
nitrite1788
septite1795
nitrate1863
1795 S. L. Mitchill Remarks Gaseous Oxyd Azote or Nitrogene 13 (table) [I should] have made the Nomenclature stand thus:..Septate; septite, &c. &c.
1811 Amer. Med. Lexicon at Saltpetre Here the septic acid is so abundant, that if some wood is burned, and the ashes added to the septite of lime, there will be a true saltpetre, or septite of potash formed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020).
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