| 单词 | vitriol chamber |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvitriol chamber C1. attributive and in other combinations, as vitriol bath, vitriol chamber, vitriol-maker, vitriol marcasite, vitriol-thrower, vitriol-throwing, vitriol water. ΚΠ 1670 W. Simpson Hydrol. Ess. 62 The solution of the vitriol marcasite..precipitates the same vitriolick oaker. 1675 E. Wilson Spadacrene Dunelmensis 43 Two vitriol waters in the Copper Mine of Herongrundt. 1755 Dict. Arts & Sci. (at cited word) The old iron, picked up by the poor people about our streets, is sold to the vitriol or copperas makers. 1843 W. M. Thackeray Irish Sketch-bk. I. viii. 158 We had a talk about the vitriol-throwers at Cork, and the sentence just passed upon them. 1849 H. Martineau Introd. Hist. Peace (1877) III. v. v. 263 They mourned over the murders, and vitriol-throwing of the operatives, who were enslaved by mercenary delegates. 1867 C. L. Bloxam Chemistry 205 The vitriol chambers form part of the plant of the alkali works. 1869 A. J. Evans Vashti iv. 59 Compassion is about as welcome to my feelings as a vitriol bath to fresh wounds. < as lemmas |
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