acetous

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The acetous acid has no action upon tin.

From The Art of Making Whiskey So As to Obtain a Better, Purer, Cheaper and Greater Quantity of Spirit, From a Given Quantity of Grain by C. M.

In the doorway, looking a shade more acetous than usual, stood Lady Margaret.

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

Causing, or connected with, acetification; as, acetous fermentation.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

The acetous acid thus concentrated is called radical vinegar.

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

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