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it is melted out. Symbol S. Atomic weight 32. The specific gravity of ordinary octohedral sulphur is 2.05; of prismatic sulphur, 1.96.

S. sulfureus of the North Pacific, and S. borealis of the North Atlantic; -- called also sulphur whale.

Sulphureous. [Poetic & R.] Dr. H. More.

The act or process of combining or impregnating with sulphur or its compounds; also, the state of being so combined or impregnated.

An apparatus for impregnating with, or exposing to the action of, sulphur; especially, an apparatus for fumigating or bleaching by means of the fumes of burning sulphur.

The quality or state of being sulphureous. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Consisting of sulphur; having the qualities of sulphur, or brimstone; impregnated with sulphur. Her snakes united, sulphureous waters drink. Pope. -- Sul*phu"re*ous*ly, adv. -- Sul*phu"re*ous*ness, n.

A sulphide; as, a sulphuret of potassium. [Obsoles.]

Combined or impregnated with sulphur; sulphurized. [Written also sulphuretted.] Sulphureted hydrogen. (Chem.) See Hydrogen sulphide, under Hydrogen.

Of or pertaining to sulphur; as, a sulphuric smell.

Sulphureous. [R.]

Exposure to the fumes of burning sulphur, as in bleaching; the process of bleaching by exposure to the fumes of sulphur.

To combine or impregnate with sulphur or any of its compounds; as, to sulphurize caoutchouc in vulcanizing.

Of or pertaining to sulphur.

The hog's fennel. See under Fennel.

Resembling, or partaking of the nature of, sulphur; having the qualities of sulphur.

The hypothetical radical SO2; -- called also sulphon. Sulphuryl chloride, a chloride, pungent, fuming liquid, SO2.Cl2, obtained by the action of phosphorus pentachloride on sulphur trioxide. On treatment with water it decomposes into sulphuric and hydrochloric acids, and is hence called also sulphuric chloranhydride.…

See Bisulphide.

To deprive of sulphur.

The act or process of depriving of sulphur.