Vit"ri*fi*cate (?), v. t. To convert into glass; to vitrify. [Obs.]
Bacon.
Vit`ri*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [See Vitrify.] Same as Vitrifaction. Sir T.
Browne. Ure.
Vit"ri*fied (?), a. Converted into glass.
Vit"ri*form (?), a. [L. vitrum glass + -form.] Having the form or
appearance of glass; resembling glass; glasslike.
Vit"ri*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vitrified (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Vitrifying (?).] [F. vitrifier; L. vitrum glass + - ficare to make. See
Vitreous, -fy.] To convert into, or cause to resemble, glass or a
glassy substance, by heat and fusion.
Vit"ri*fy, v. t. To become glass; to be converted into glass.
Chymists make vessels of animal substances, calcined, which will not
vitrify in the fire.
Arbuthnot.
||Vi*tri"na (?), n. [NL., fr. L. vitrum glass.] (Zoöl.) A genus of
||terrestrial gastropods, having transparent, very thin, and delicate
||shells, — whence the name.
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Vit"ri*ol (?), n. [F. vitriol; cf. Pr. vitriol, vetriol, Sp. & Pg.
vitriolo, It. vitriuolo; fr. L. vitreolus of glass, vitreus vitreous.
See Vitreous.] (Chem.) (a) A sulphate of any one of certain metals, as
copper, iron, zinc, cobalt. So called on account of the glassy
appearance or luster. (b) Sulphuric acid; — called also oil of vitriol.
So called because first made by the distillation of green vitriol. See
Sulphuric acid, under Sulphuric. [Colloq.]
Blue vitriol. See under Blue. — Green vitriol, ferrous sulphate;
copperas. See under Green. — Oil of vitriol, sulphuric or vitriolic
acid; — popularly so called because it has the consistency of oil. —
Red vitriol, a native sulphate of cobalt. — Vitriol of Mars, ferric
sulphate, a white crystalline substance which dissolves in water,
forming a red solution. — White vitriol, zinc sulphate, a white
crystalline substance used in medicine and in dyeing. It is usually
obtained by dissolving zinc in sulphuric acid, or by roasting and
oxidizing certain zinc ores. Formerly called also vitriol of zinc.
Vit"ri*o*late (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vitriolated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Vitriolating.] (Old Chem.) (a) To convert into, or change to, a
vitriol; to make into sulphuric acid or a sulphate. (b) To subject to
the action of, or impregnate with, vitriol.