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Synonyms for sal volatile

Grammar : Noun
Spell : sal voh-lat-l-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsæl voʊˈlæt lˌi

Définition of sal volatile

Origin :
  • 1650s, Modern Latin, literally "volatile salt" (see salt (n.) + volatile); ammonium carbonate, especially as used in reviving persons who have fainted.
  • As in smelling salts : noun faintness relief
Example sentences :
  • He disengaged one of them presently, and felt in his pocket for the sal volatile.
  • Extract from : « The Guardian Angel » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • She gave her stepmother a dose of sal volatile, and went away.
  • Extract from : « A True Friend » by Adeline Sergeant
  • All unseen by her, it was doing better work in James than sal volatile.
  • Extract from : « The Forsyte Saga, Complete » by John Galsworthy
  • If I were her medical man, I should order her a dose of rhubarb and sal volatile.
  • Extract from : « The Nicest Girl in the School » by Angela Brazil
  • Marceline returned, and administered a dose of sal volatile.
  • Extract from : « Heart and Science » by Wilkie Collins
  • "Why, you want some sal volatile; you are quite unstrung," said Cecil.
  • Extract from : « Girls New and Old » by L. T. Meade
  • This is a great, deep, dark secret; you'll probably need your sal volatile.
  • Extract from : « First Plays » by A. A. Milne
  • He took some sal volatile from his dressing-case, gave some to his host, and drank some also.
  • Extract from : « When It Was Dark » by Guy Thorne
  • A few drops (15 to 30) of ether, with a little tincture of capsicum or spirit of sal volatile, seldom fail to give relief.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley
  • She went to a little cupboard and poured out a dose of sal volatile.
  • Extract from : « Shadows of Flames » by Amelie Rives

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