azoth

[Arabic (?).] 1. Alchemy: Mercury, which was supposed to exist in every metallic body and constitute its basis. ( Glo og . Nov. , .) 2. The liquor of sublimated mercury. IMG:content-0965.png:[blocks in formation] * azotic acid. The same as NITRIC ACID (q.v.). * azotic gas. Nitrogen. one of which has been named oxygen gas and the other azotic gas,"-Gregory: Hauy's Nat. Phil. (1807), § 244.