[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

niter \ni"ter\, nitre \ni"tre\, n. f. nitre, l. nitrum native
   soda, natron, gr. ?; cf. ar. nit=un, natr=un natron. cf.
   natron.
   1. chem. a white crystalline semitransparent salt;
      potassium nitrate; saltpeter. see saltpeter.
      1913 webster

   2. chem. native sodium carbonate; natron. obs.
      1913 webster

            for though thou wash thee with niter, and take thee
            much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me.
                                                  --jer. ii. 22.
      1913 webster

   cubic niter, a deliquescent salt, sodium nitrate, found as
      a native incrustation, like niter, in peru and chile,
      whence it is known also as chile saltpeter.

   niter bush bot., a genus nitraria of thorny shrubs
      bearing edible berries, and growing in the saline plains
      of asia and northern africa.
      1913 webster
see also:
natron saltpeter cubic niter chile saltpeter niter bush nitraria 

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