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sal volatile

noun

Etymology

From Latin sal volatile, literally "volatile salt".

  1. derived from sal volatile

Definitions

  1. Ammonium carbonate

    Ammonium carbonate; especially a solution of this used to restore someone from a faint.

    • ... as for Miss Swartz, the rich woolly-haired mulatto from St. Kitt's, on the day Amelia went away, she was in such a passion of tears that they were obliged to send for Dr. Floss, and half tipsify her with sal volatile.

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