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ni⋅tre

  [nahy-ter]
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–noun Chiefly British.
niter.

ni⋅ter

  [nahy-ter]
–noun
1. potassium nitrate.
2. sodium nitrate.
Also, especially British, nitre.

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME nitre < L nitrum < Gk nítron natron
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ni·tre   (nī'tər)   
n.   Chiefly British
Variant of niter.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ni·ter
Variant: or chiefly British ni·tre /'nIt-&r/
Function: noun
1 : POTASSIUM NITRATE
2 archaic : CHILE SALTPETER
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Science Dictionary
niter   (nī'tər)  Pronunciation Key 
A naturally occurring mineral form of potassium nitrate. It is used to make gunpowder.
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Bible Dictionary

Nitre

(Prov. 25:20; R.V. marg., "soda"), properly "natron," a substance so called because, rising from the bottom of the Lake Natron in Egypt, it becomes dry and hard in the sun, and is the soda which effervesces when vinegar is poured on it. It is a carbonate of soda, not saltpetre, which the word generally denotes (Jer. 2:22; R.V. "lye").

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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