nitid

[Lat. nitid us, from niteo=to shine; Ital. & Sp. nitido.] *I. Ordinary Language: 1. Bright, shining, lustrous. Australia. Nitraria trident at a has been supposed to be the lotus of the ancients. [LOTUS, LOTOPHAGI.] ini-trär-i-a-çě-æ, s. pl. [Mod. Lat. nitrari (a); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -aceœ.] Bot .: An order of Hypogynous Exogens, alliance Sap in dales. Character the same as that of Nitraria (q.v.). Now abandoned by most botanists. ni-trate, s. (Eng. nitr (ic); -ate .] Chem.: A salt of nitric acid. nitrate of pota ium, s. [SALTPETER.] nitrate of silver, s. Chem.: AgNO3. Lunar caustic; prepared by di olving silver in nitric acid. It crystallizes in colorle trimetric crystals, which di olve in one part of cold water, and melt at 219°. [CAUSTIC.] nitrate of sodium, s . Chem.: NaNO3. Cubic niter. Chili saltpeter. Occurs abundantly as a natural product in Chili, in beds several feet thick and many miles in extent. in 11⁄2 parts of water at 0 It crystallizes in obtuse rhombohedrons; soluble ni-tra-tine, subst . [Eng. nitrat(e); suff. -ine (Min.).] Min .: A hexagonal mineral with rhombohedral cleavage. Hardne , 1.5-2; specific gravity, 2.092-29; luster, vitreous; color, white, brown, blue, lemon-yellow; transparent. Composition: Nitric nitid yellow."- Boyle : Works , i. 685. "We restore old pieces of dirty gold to a clean and acid, 635; soda, 365=100; yielding the formula, 2. Gay, spruce, fine. II. Bot .: Having a smooth, even, polished surface, as many seeds.