Category:Oxymuriatic

Ox`y*mu`ri*at"ic, a. Etym: [oxy- (a) + muriatic: cf. F. Oxymuriatique.] (chem.)

Defn: pertaining to, or consisting of, oxygen and muriatic acid, that Is, hydrochloric acid. [archaic.] Oxymuriatic acid, chlorine, Formerly so called on the supposition that it was a compound of Oxygen and muriatic acid. [obs.]