What is the meaning of Vitriol?

  • (n.) To dip in dilute sulphuric acid; to pickle.
  • (n.) To vitriolize.
  • (n.) A sulphate of any one of certain metals, as copper, iron, zinc, cobalt. So called on account of the glassy appearance or luster.
  • (n.) Sulphuric acid; -- called also oil of vitriol. So called because first made by the distillation of green vitriol. See Sulphuric acid, under Sulphuric.
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