spirit of hartshorn
or spirits of hartshorn
noun Chemistry.
a colorless, pungent, suffocating, aqueous solution of about 28.5 percent ammonia gas: used chiefly as a detergent, for removing stains and extracting certain vegetable coloring agents, and in the manufacture of ammonium salts.
Origin of spirit of hartshorn
First recorded in 1675–85
Words nearby spirit of hartshorn
spirit lake,
spirit lamp,
spirit level,
spirit leveling,
spirit of enterprise,
spirit of hartshorn,
spirit of nitrous ether,
spirit rapping,
spirit varnish,
spirit wrestler,
spirit writing
British Dictionary definitions for spirits of hartshorn
spirits of hartshorn