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acid of sugar

acid of sugar noun: oxalic acid.

Noun

acid of sugar (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) oxalic acid
    • If you distil the nitrous acid on silk, wool, hairs, or skin, you obtain a certain quantity of animal oil, different from that which forms fat, and a portion of acid similar to the acid of sugar […]1784 July, “History of the Royal Academy of Sciences, for the year 1780”, in A New Review, volume 6, page 57
    • This is not all: who would suspect under the specious guise of “acid of sugar,” an envenomed drug?1828, John Murray, A Manual of Experiments illustrative of Chemical Science, page 4

Questions about acid of sugar

What does acid of sugar mean?
Acid of sugar means oxalic acid.
What part of speech is acid of sugar?
Acid of sugar is a noun.

Words near acid of sugar in the dictionary

  1. acid of ants
  2. acid of apples
  3. acid of lemon
  4. acid of milk
  5. acid of salt
  6. acid of sugar
  7. acid rain
  8. acid rains
  9. acid reflux
  10. acid refluxes
  11. acid rock

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