Sentence example with the word 'saltpeter'

saltpeter

Definition n. (KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive

Last update: August 19, 2015

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Over the whole field, previously so gaily beautiful with the glitter of bayonets and cloudlets of smoke in the morning sun, there now spread a mist of damp and smoke and a strange acid smell of saltpeter and blood.   [Please select]

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To dream of saltpeter, denotes change in your living will add loss to some unconquerable grief.   [Please select]

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In the year 1815 a remarkably interesting set of mortuary fabrics was recovered from a saltpeter cave near Glasgow, Kentucky.   [Please select]

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The inventive spirit of America was busy with plans to procure saltpeter and other ingredients for making powder, but it remained scarce.   [Please select]

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As some of the rocks of the Alps contain saltpeter, the chamois has worn holes in them by constant licking.   [Please select]

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More of the Chile saltpeter (nitrate of soda) is required to cause serious trouble.   [Please select]

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Give one-half ounce of nitrate of potassium (saltpeter), dissolved in drinking water, four or five times a day.   [Please select]

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If Epsom salt is not at hand, saltpeter (1 ounce) should be used for several days.   [Please select]

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If in solution and given on an empty stomach, as little as 3 ounces of saltpeter (nitrate of potassium) may be fatal to a cow.   [Please select]

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_--Give a tablespoonful of the following-described mixture in feed twice a day: Saltpeter, cream of tartar, and sulphur, equal parts by weight.   [Please select]

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