acetous

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Thus the acetous acid, combined with vegetable alkali, forms a substance that is called the foliated earth of tartar; and it may be expelled from it by the vitriolic acid.

From Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry by Priestley, Joseph

This fruit, and the strawberry, are especially suitable for invalids, as they do not engender acetous fermentation in the stomach.

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 462 Volume 18, New Series, November 6, 1852 by Chambers, Robert

“Agatha might have more sense,” returned her acetous companion.

From A Forgotten Hero Not for Him by Holt, Emily Sarah

Heartburn originates from the inactivity of the stomach, whence the aliment, instead of being subdued by digestion, and converted into chyle, runs into fermentation, producing acetous acid.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

Hence we have a phosphorous and a phosphoric acid, an acetous and an acetic acid; and so on, for others in similar circumstances.

From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Lavoisier, Antoine