Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Copperas

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Copperas


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(n.) Green vitriol, or sulphate of iron; a green crystalline substance, of an astringent taste, used in making ink, in dyeing black, as a tonic in medicine, etc. It is made on a large scale by the oxidation of iron pyrites. Called also ferrous sulphate.