Definition of Corosive
Cor*ro"sive (k?r-r?"s?v), a. [Cf.
F. corrosif.] 1. Eating away; having
the power of gradually wearing, changing, or destroying the
texture or substance of a body; as, the corrosive action
of an acid. "Corrosive liquors." Grew.
"Corrosive famine." Thomson. 2. Having the quality of fretting or
vexing. Care is no cure, but corrosive.
Shak. Corrosive sublimate(Chem.),
mercuric chloride, HgCl2; so called because
obtained by sublimation, and because of its harsh irritating
action on the body tissue. Usually it is in the form of a heavy,
transparent, crystalline substance, easily soluble, and of an
acrid, burning taste. It is a virulent poison, a powerful
antiseptic, and an excellent antisyphilitic; called also
mercuric bichloride. It is to be carefully distinguished
from calomel, the mild chloride of mercury.Cor*ro"sive, n. 1.
That which has the quality of eating or wearing away
gradually. [Corrosives] act either directly, by
chemically destroying the part, or indirectly by causing
inflammation and gangrene.
Dunglison. 2. That which has the power of fretting
or irritating. Such speeches . . . are grievous
corrosives.
Hooker. -- Cor*ro"sive*ly, adv. --
Cor*ro"sive*ness, n.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, hanging, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as, the corrosive action of an acid.
- Having the quality of fretting or vexing.
- In a corrosive manner.
- That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually.
- Any solid, liquid, or gas capable of irreparably harming living tissues or damaging material on contact.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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