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of gradually wearing, changing, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as, the corrosive action of an acid. "Corrosive liquors." Grew. "Corrosive famine."Thomson.

Causing heat and irritation; corrosive; as, acrid secretions.

Acrid; corrosive; as, acrimonious gall. [Archaic] Harvey.

carbonate, but which practically consists of sodium carbonate (sal soda), which is highly corrosive and destructive to vegetation; and white alkali, characterized by the presence of sodium sulphate (Glauber's salt), which is less injurious to vegetation. Black alkali is so called because water containing it dissolves h…

Aqua marina. Same as Aquamarine. -- Aqua regia. Etym: [L., royal water] (Chem.), a very corrosive fuming yellow liquid consisting of nitric and hydrochloric acids. It has the power of dissolving gold, the "royal" metal. -- Aqua Tofana, a fluid containing arsenic, and used for secret poisoning, made by an Italian wom…

The beginning of corrosive, decomposing, or destructive action, by a chemical agent.

-- called also dichloride. Bichloride of mercury, mercuric chloride; -- sometimes called corrosive sublimate.

(an animal or vegatable substance) into a residue of carbon by the action of fire or some corrosive agent; to char.

glass, inclosed in basket work or in a box, for protection; -- used commonly for carrying corrosive liquids; as sulphuric acid, etc.

troying the texture of anything or eating away its substance by chemical action; burning; corrosive; searing.

The quality of being caustic; corrosiveness; as, the causticity of potash.

Clcalcium hypochlorite. See Hypochlorous acid, under Hypochlorous. -- Mercuric chloride, corrosive sublimate.

Corrosive. [Obs.] Corrasive sores which eat into the flesh. Holland.

To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion. Corroding lead, lead sufficiently pure to be used in making white lead by a process of corroding.

Corrosive. [R.] Bp. King.

Corrodibility. "Corrosibility . . . answers corrosiveness." Boyle.

The action or effect of corrosive agents, or the process of corrosive change; as, the rusting of iron is a variety of corrosion. Corrosion is a particular species of dissolution of bodies, either by an acid or a saline menstruum. John Quincy.

That erodes or gradually eats away; tending to erode; corrosive. Humble.

attacks the containing material, so that it was not isolated until 1886. It is a pungent, corrosive, colorless gas. Symbol F. Atomic weight 19.

soft, and very malleable and ductile. It is quite unalterable by heat, moisture, and most corrosive agents, and therefore well suited for its use in coin and jewelry. Symbol Au (Aurum). Atomic weight 196.7.