sal volatile
English
Noun
sal volatile (uncountable)
- ammonium carbonate
- 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 1:
- ... as for Miss Swartz, the rich woolly-haired mulatto from St. Kitt's, on the day Amelia went away, she was in such a passion of tears that they were obliged to send for Dr. Floss, and half tipsify her with sal volatile.
- 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 1:
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