English-Thai Dictionary

niter

N ดินประสิว  dib-pra-sil

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NITER

n.[In Hebrew, the verb under which this word appears signifies to spring, leap, shake, and to strip or break; in Ch. to strip or to fall off; in Syriac, the same; in Sam. to keep, to watch or guard. ] A salt, called also salt-peter [stone-salt,] and in the modern nomenclature of chimistry, nitrate of potash. It exists in large quantities in the earth, and is continually formed in inhabited places, on walls sheltered from rain, and in all situations where animal matters are decomposed, under stables and barns, etc. It is of great use in the arts; is the principal ingredient in gunpowder, and is useful in medicines, in preserving meat, butter, etc. It is a white substance, and has an acrid, bitterish taste.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

NITER; NITRE

Ni "ter, Ni "tre, n. Etym: [F. nitre, L. nitrum native soda, natron, Gr. nit, natr natron. Cf. Natron. ]

 

1. (Chem. )

 

Defn: A white crystalline semitransparent salt; potassium nitrate; saltpeter. See Saltpeter.

 

2. (Chem. )

 

Defn: Native sodium carbonate; natron. [Obs. ] For though thou wash thee with niter, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me. Jer. ii. 22. Cubic niter, a deliquescent salt, sodium nitrate, found as a native incrustation, like niter, in Peru and Chili, whence it is known also as Chili saltpeter. -- Niter bush (Bot. ), a genus (Nitraria ) of thorny shrubs bearing edible berries, and growing in the saline plains of Asia and Northern Africa.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

niter

ni ter |ˈnītər ˈnaɪdər |(Brit. nitre ) ▶noun another term for potassium nitrate. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin nitrum, from Greek nitron.

 

niterie

niterie |ˈnʌɪtəri | ▶noun ( pl. niteries ) informal a nightclub.

 

Niterói

Ni te rói |ˌnētəˈroi ˌnitəˈrɔɪ | an industrial port on the coast of southeastern Brazil, on Guanabara Bay opposite Rio de Janeiro; pop. 474,002 (2007 ).

 

nitery

nit er y |ˈnītərē ˈnaɪdəri | ▶noun informal ( pl. niteries ) a nightclub.

 

Oxford Dictionary

niter

niter ▶noun US spelling of nitre.

 

niterie

niterie |ˈnʌɪtəri | ▶noun ( pl. niteries ) informal a nightclub.

 

Niterói

Niterói |ˌniːtəˈrɔɪ | an industrial port on the coast of SE Brazil, on Guanabara Bay opposite the city of Rio de Janeiro; pop. 474,002 (2007 ).

 

nitery

nit er y |ˈnītərē ˈnaɪdəri | ▶noun informal ( pl. niteries ) a nightclub.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

niter

ni ter ｟英 ｠-tre /náɪtə r /名詞 U C 〘化 〙硝酸カリウム, 硝石 .