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vitriolo, It. vitriuolo; fr. L. vitreolus of glass, vitreus vitreous. A sulphate of any one of certain metals, as copper, iron, zinc, cobalt. So called on account of the glassy appearance or luster. Sulphuric acid; -- called also oil of vitriol.

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vitriolo, It. vitriuolo; fr. L. vitreolus of glass, vitreus vitreous. A sulphate of any one of certain metals, as copper, iron, zinc, cobalt. So called on account of the glassy appearance or luster. Sulphuric acid; -- called also oil of vitriol. So called because first made by the distillation of green vitriol. See Sulphuric acid, under Sulphuric. Blue vitriol. See under Blue. -- Green vitriol, ferrous sulphate; copperas. See under Green. -- Oil of vitriol, sulphuric or vitriolic acid; -- popularly so called because it has the consistency of oil. -- Red vitriol, a native sulphate of cobalt. -- Vitriol of Mars, ferric sulphate, a white crystalline substance which dissolves in water, forming a red solution. -- White vitriol, zinc sulphate, a white crystalline substance used in medicine and in dyeing. It is usually obtained by dissolving zinc in sulphuric acid, or by roasting and oxidizing certain zinc ores. Formerly called also vitriol of zinc.

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    A kind of head covering; a caul. Chaucer.
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    Of or pertaining to vitriol; derived from, or resembling, vitriol; vitriolous; as, a vitriolic taste. Cf. Vitriol. Vitriolic acid , sulphuric acid. See Vitriol .
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    The office or employment of an accountant.
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    A salt of sulphuric acid.
  • ACCOUNTANCY
    The art or employment of an accountant.
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    Glassy; glazed. And pursues the dice with glassen eyes. B. Jonson.
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    The act, process, or result of vitriolating.
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    Faced or covered with copper; as, copper-faced type.
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    The quality of being glassy.
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    Fastened with copper bolts, as the planks of ships, etc.; as, a copper-fastened ship.
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    In a hypercritical manner.
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    Not empirically; without experiment or experience.
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    1. By way of parable; in a parabolic manner. 2. In the form of a parabola.
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    In a stereographical manner; by delineation on a plane.
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