corrosive sublimate en · NOUN
Meanings
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(obsolete, uncountable) mercuric chloride
Various substances act by entering into combination, and the divellent tendencies of the affinities of the constituents of those substances are overcome, among those are corrosive sublimate, copperas, tannin, wood, vinegar and creosotte.
1847, editorial staff, “Preserving Animal Substances”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 10, page 80:
Translations (4)
it sublimato corrosivo (Non-systematic name for HgCl2) · ro sublimat corosiv (Non-systematic name for HgCl2) · ota سولومن (Non-systematic name for HgCl2) · nl sublimaat (Non-systematic name for HgCl2)