Green vitriol, or sulphate of iron; a green crystalline
substance, of an astringent taste, used in making ink, in dyeing black,
as a tonic in medicine, etc. It is made on a large scale by the
oxidation of iron pyrites. Called also ferrous sulphate.
1. A fall, or perpendicular descent, of the water of a river or stream, or a descent nearly perpendicular; a cascade; a cataract. 2. (Ha...