Oxymuriatic

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

  Oxymuriatic \Ox`y*mu`ri*at"ic\, a. [Oxy
     (a) + muriatic: cf. F. oxymuriatique.] (Chem.) Pertaining to,
         or consisting of, oxygen and muriatic acid, that is,
         hydrochloric acid. [Archaic.]
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     {Oxymuriatic acid}, chlorine, formerly so called on the
        supposition that it was a compound of oxygen and muriatic
        acid. [Obs.]
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