Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for WHITE-PRE-CIP'IT-ATE
WHITE'-POTWHITE-PYR'ITE, or WHITE-PY-RI'TES
WHITE-PRE-CIP'IT-ATE, n.
A compound of ammonia and corrosive sublimate; or of metallic mercury with nitrogen and hydrogen. It is a white insoluble powder, much used in medicine as an external application. It is sometimes called white calx of mercury.
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