dissolvent

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It is enough here to remind ourselves how serious a place is held by that work in the dissolvent literature of the generation.

From Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) Essay 7: W.R. Greg: A Sketch by Morley, John

First, that the Air in which we live, move, and breath, and which encompasses very many, and cherishes most bodies it encompasses, that this Air is the menstruum, or universal dissolvent of all Sulphureous bodies.

From Micrographia Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon by Hooke, Robert

In spite of these fine arguments, at the end of a week a looseness ensued, with some twinges, which I was blasphemous enough to saddle on the universal dissolvent and the new-fangled diet.

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)—Continental Europe I by Lodge, Henry Cabot

But Césarine was, like her aunt, a born dissolvent of society's vital elements.

From The Son of Clemenceau by Dumas fils, Alexandre

I would not advise, however, the use of aqua-regia, the infallible dissolvent of gold, because it would disorganize the leather.

From Book Repair and Restoration by Buck, Mitchell