Webster's 1828 Dictionary
MURIATIC
a.Having the nature of brine or salt water; pertaining to sea salt. The muriatic acid is the acid of marine salt.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
MURIATIC
Mu `ri *at "ic, a. Etym: [L. muriaticus pickled, from muria brine: cf. F. muriatique.] (Chem. )
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, sea salt, or from chlorine, one of the constituents of sea salt; hydrochloric. Muriatic acid, hydrochloric acid, HCl; -- formerly called also marine acid, and spirit of salt. See hydrochloric, and the Note under Muriate.
New American Oxford Dictionary
muriatic acid
mu ri at ic ac id |ˌmyo͝orēˈatik ˌmjʊriˈædɪk ˈæsəd | ▶noun archaic term for hydrochloric acid. DERIVATIVES mu ri ate |ˈmyo͝orēˌāt |noun ORIGIN late 17th cent.: muriatic from Latin muriaticus, from muria ‘brine. ’
Oxford Dictionary
muriatic acid
muriatic acid |ˌmjʊərɪˈatɪk | ▶noun archaic term for hydrochloric acid. DERIVATIVES muriate noun ORIGIN late 17th cent.: muriatic from Latin muriaticus, from muria ‘brine ’.
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