nitre
noun1
UK standard spelling of niter.
- For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Jeremiah 2:22:
- Had he bought nitre before, I have since tried to recall and I cannot. It is a common enough article and I sell it every day.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:
- Derived terms
- nitriferous, nitry