01 n. A white crystalline semitransparent salt; potassium nitrate; saltpeter. See Saltpeter.
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A white crystalline semitransparent salt; potassium nitrate; saltpeter. See Saltpeter.(Chem.) See: Saltpeter
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Native sodium carbonate; natron.(Chem.) [Obs.]“For though thou wash thee with niter, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me.” — Jer. ii. 22.
Phrases & compounds
Cubic niter —
a deliquescent salt, sodium nitrate, found as a native incrustation, like niter, in Peru and Chile, whence it is known also as Chile saltpeter.
Niter bush —
a genus (Nitraria) of thorny shrubs bearing edible berries, and growing in the saline plains of Asia and Northern Africa.