Vocabulary : Vitrify to Vitriolic

Vitrify : To convert into, or cause to resemble, glass or a glassy substance, by heat and fusion. ;; To become glass; to be converted into glass.
Vitrifying : of Vitrify
Vitrina : A genus of terrestrial gastropods, having transparent, very thin, and delicate shells, -- whence the name.
Vitrine : A glass show case for displaying fine wares, specimens, etc.
Vitriol : To dip in dilute sulphuric acid; to pickle. ;; To vitriolize. ;; A sulphate of any one of certain metals, as copper, iron, zinc, cobalt. So called on account of the glassy appearance or luster. ;; Sulphuric acid; -- called also oil of vitriol. So called because first made by the distillation of green vitriol. See Sulphuric acid, under Sulphuric.

Vitriolate : To convert into, or change to, a vitriol; to make into sulphuric acid or a sulphate. ;; To subject to the action of, or impregnate with, vitriol. ;; Vitriolated. ;; A sulphate.
Vitriolated : of Vitriolate ;; Changed into a vitriol or a sulphate, or subjected to the action of sulphuric acid or of a sulphate; as, vitriolated potash, i. e., potassium sulphate.
Vitriolating : of Vitriolate
Vitriolation : The act, process, or result of vitriolating.
Vitriolic : Of or pertaining to vitriol; derived from, or resembling, vitriol; vitriolous; as, a vitriolic taste. Cf. Vitriol.

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