ammoniac : Idioms & Phrases

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Ammoniacal engine

  • an engine in which the vapor of ammonia is used as the motive force.
Webster 1913

gum ammoniac

  • noun the aromatic gum of the ammoniac plant
    ammoniac.
WordNet
Am*mo"ni*ac, Am`mo*ni"a*cal adjective (Also<
  • Ammoniac
  • Ammoniacal
)
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to ammonia, or possessing its properties; as, an ammoniac salt; ammoniacal gas.
Am*mo"ni*ac, Gum` am*mo"ni*ac noun (Also<
  • Ammoniac
  • Gum ammoniac
)
Etymology
L. Ammoniacum, Gr. a resinous gum, said to distill from a tree near the temple of Jupiter Ammon; cf. F. ammoniac. See Ammonite.
Definitions
  1. (Med.) The concrete juice (gum resin) of an umbelliferous plant, the Dorema ammoniacum. It is brought chiefly from Persia in the form of yellowish tears, which occur singly, or are aggregated into masses. It has a peculiar smell, and a nauseous, sweet taste, followed by a bitter one. It is inflammable, partially soluble in water and in spirit of wine, and is used in medicine as an expectorant and resolvent, and for the formation of certain plasters.
Webster 1913

Sal ammoniac

  • noun a white salt used in dry cells
    ammonium chloride.
WordNet
  • (Chem.), ammonium chloride, NH4Cl, a white crystalline volatile substance having a sharp salty taste, obtained from gas works, from nitrogenous matter, etc. It is largely employed as a source of ammonia, as a reagent, and as an expectorant in bronchitis. So called because originally made from the soot from camel's dung at the temple of Jupiter Ammon in Africa. Called also muriate of ammonia.
  • L. sal ammoniacus, the salt usually called chloride of ammonium, and formerly muriate of ammonia.
Webster 1913