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VITRIOIiICO- 266 VITULINB.
the natnre or qualities of vitriol ; impregnated with
itriol.
1670 W. Simpson Hydrol. Ess. 62 The solution of the
vitnol marcasite .. precipitates the same vitriolick oaker.
1676 Grew Anat. Fl., Exper. Luctation n. § 4 Irish Slat.
seems to be nothing else but a Vitriolick Bole. 1707 Flover
Physic, PMist'iVatch 357 In the Quartans, the.. Pain is
from the vitriolic Cacochymia. 1760 Phil. Trans. LI. 470
It is of a subacid taste, and very nauseously vitriolic 1774
GoLDSM. AW. Hist. (1862) 1. XI. 315 A mucous substance,
which had something of a vitriolic quality, settled under
the reticular membrane. i8o» Playfair Illustr. Htttton,
The, 33 This compound of metal and sulphur, .is destroyed
by the contact of moisture and resolved mto a vitriolic salt.
1844 Citni Eng:. * Arch. ym/.Vll. 108/1 If the pit water
be vitriolic. it becomes necessary to use every means to
procure better water. X899 F. T. Bullen Log- Hea-Tvai/^q
A fiery white spirit, fresh from the still.. .This vitriolic stuff
seemed to meet every emergency.
b. Vitriolic acid, oil of vitriol.
1747 WAixin Phil. Trans. XLIV. Suppl. 588, 1 acidulated
the Liquors with the vitriolic Acid. _ 1778 W. Prvce Min.
Cornuh. 54 It entirely resists the vitriolick acid, which dissolves
or corrodes every other known metalltck body, except
Gold. i8o« Mar. Edgeworth Moral T., Forrester^ Banknotes,
I'be large bottle of vitriolic acid was broken. 184a
Orderson Crfol. xiii. 137 The gas was generated from steel
filings and vitriolic acid.
2. fi^. Of language, persons, etc. : Extremely
sharp, caustic, or scathing; bitterly ill-natured or
malignant.
1841 H. F. Chorlky Music ^ Mann, III. 31 Venting a
flood of vitriolic sarcasm, or a flight of high-toned poetry.
1S66 E. P. Whipple Characters