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niter

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ni=ter

CIDE DICTIONARY

nitern. [F. nitre, L. nitrum native soda, natron, Gr. ; cf. Ar. nit, natr natron. Cf. Natron.].
  •  A white crystalline semitransparent salt; potassium nitrate; saltpeter. See Saltpeter.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Native sodium carbonate; natron.  [1913 Webster]
    "For though thou wash thee with niter, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me."  [1913 Webster]
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 (Bot.), a genus (Nitraria) of thorny shrubs bearing edible berries, and growing in the saline plains of Asia and Northern Africa.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

niter, US var. of NITRE.

ROGET THESAURUS

niter

Pungency

N pungency, piquance, piquancy, poignancy haut-gout, strong taste, twang, race, sharpness, acrimony, roughness, unsavoriness, mustard, cayenne, caviare, seasoning, niter, saltpeter, brine (saltiness), carbonate of ammonia, sal ammoniac, sal volatile, smelling salts, hartshorn (acridity), dram, cordial, nip, nicotine, tobacco, snuff, quid, smoke, segar, cigar, cigarette, weed, fragrant weed, Indian weed, Cavendish, fid, negro head, old soldier, rappee, stogy, pungent, strong, high-, full-flavored, high-tasted, high-seasoned, gamy, sharp, stinging, rough, piquant, racy, biting, mordant, spicy, seasoned, hot, hot as pepper, peppery, vellicating, escharotic, meracious, acrid, acrimonious, bitter, rough, unsavory.

Saltiness

N saltiness, niter, saltpeter, brine, salty, salt, saline, brackish, briny, salty as brine, salty as a herring, salty as Lot's wife, salty, racy (indecent), take it with a grain of salt.


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