Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

acid of sugar

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.25 in modern English

Syllables: acid of -sug-ar
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"If you distil the nitrous acid on silk, wool, hairs, or skin, you obtain a certain quantity of animal oil, different from that which forms fat, and a portion of acid similar to the acid of sugar […]"
"This is not all: who would suspect under the specious guise of “acid of sugar,” an envenomed drug?"
"It exists plentifully in several well-known plants, as the beautiful Wood-sorrel; but, obtainable from saccharine matter by a chemical process, it has acquired the vulgar name of Acid of Sugar."

Usage

Questions

What does acid of sugar mean?: oxalic acid

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