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ined from, sea salt, or from chlorine, one of the constituents of sea salt; hydrochloric. Muriatic acid, hydrochloric acid, HCl; -- formerly called also marine acid, and spirit of salt. See hydrochloric, and the Note under Muriate.

Perchloric; as, hyperoxymuriatic acid. [Obs.]

Of, pertaining to, or composed of, nitric acid and muriatic acid; nitrohydrochloric. See Nitrohydrochloric.

Pertaining to, or consisting of, oxygen and muriatic acid, that is, hydrochloric acid. [Archaic.] Oxymuriatic acid, chlorine, formerly so called on the supposition that it was a compound of oxygen and muriatic acid. [Obs.]

acid, and is an indispensable agent in commercial and general chemical work. Called also muriatic, and chlorhydric, acid.

A salt of muriatic hydrochloric acid; a chloride; as, muriate of ammonia.

Combined or impregnated with muriatic or hydrochloric acid.

Producing muriatic substances or salt. [Obs.]

e latter, and remarkable for its solvent action on gold and platinum; -- called also nitromuriatic acid, and aqua regia.

A salt of the supposed oxymuriatic acid; a chloride. Oxymuriate of lime, chloride of lime.