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Of, pertaining to, or containing, boron. Boric acid, a white crystalline substance B(OH)3, easily obtained from its salts, and occurring in solution in the hot lagoons of Tuscany.

Relating to trees. [Obs.]

Tree-inhabiting; -- said of certain birds.

Pertaining to arboriculture. Loudon.

The cultivation of trees and shrubs, chiefly for timber or for ornamental purposes.

One who cultivates trees.

Pertaining to, derived from, or consisting of, fluorine and boron. Fluoridic acid (Chem.), a double fluoride, consisting essentially of a solution of boron fluoride, in hydrofluoric acid. It has strong acid properties, and is the type of the borofluorides. Called also borofluoric acid.

Pertaining to derived from, or designating, an acid, H2B4O7 (called also tetraboric acid), which is the acid ingredient of ordinary borax, and is obtained by heating boric acid.

Same as Pyroboric.

Pertaining to, or produced from, borax; containing boron; boric; as, boracic acid.

A salt formed by the combination of boric acid with a base or positive radical.

rcelain, and as a soap. It occurs native in certain mineral springs, and is made from the boric acid of hot springs in Tuscany. It was originally obtained from a lake in Thibet, and was sent to Europe under the name of tincal. Borax is a pyroborate or tetraborate of sodium, Na2B4O7.10H2O. Borax bead. (Chem.) See Bead,…

A compound of boric acid and glycerin, used as an antiseptic.

A double salt of boric and silicic acids, as in the natural minerals tourmaline, datolite, etc.

tion; as, the distillation of illuminating gas and coal, of alcohol from sour mash, or of boric acid in steam.

A salt of fluoboric acid; a fluoboride.

A binary compound of nitrogen with a more metallic element or radical; as, boric nitride.

-- Wood partridge, or Hill partridge (Zoöl.), any small Asiatic partridge of the genus Arboricola.

A salt of pyroboric acid.

l name of lead being Saturn. -- Sal sedativus Etym: [NL.] (Old Chem.), sedative salt, or boric acid. -- Sal Seignette Etym: [F. seignette, sel de seignette] (Chem.), Rochelle salt. -- Sal soda (Chem.), sodium carbonate. See under Sodium. -- Sal vitrioli Etym: [NL.] (Old Chem.), white vitriol; zinc sulphate. -- Sal…