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spirit of hartshorn

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spirit of hartshorn

–noun Chemistry.
a colorless, pungent, suffocating, aqueous solution of about 28.5 percent ammonia gas: used chiefly as a detergent, for removing stains and extracting certain vegetable coloring agents, and in the manufacture of ammonium salts.
Also, spirits of hartshorn.


Origin:
1675–85
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Main Entry: spirit of harts·horn
Variant: or spirits of harts·horn /-'härts-"ho(&)rn/
Function: noun
: AMMONIA WATER
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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