acetous
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A man unfit for Revolutions? whose small soul, transparent wholesome-looking as small-ale, could by no chance ferment into virulent alegar,—the mother of ever-new alegar;—till all France were grown acetous virulent?
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII by Various
And this is not all: corroded by the acetous acid, they are full of small holes, particularly in the cap, where all the vapors collect themselves, as in a reservoir.
The principal of the vegetable acids are the acetous and the tartareous.
From Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry by Joseph Priestley
A mouse lived perfectly well in this air, thus affected with the acetous fermentation; after it had stood several days mixed with four times the quantity of fixed air.
From Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air by Joseph Priestley
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 Robert Chambers
