Definition of "barytic" []

• Of or pertaining to baryta. (adjective)

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• "Constant white is a sulphate of baryta, found native and known under the name of heavy-spar, or prepared artificially by adding sulphuric acid, or a soluble sulphate, to a solution of a barytic salt."
• "If lime water or barytic water occasions a precipitate which again vanishes by the admixture of muriatic acid, then carbonic acid is present in the water."
• "It decompofcs vi - triolated tartar, but is itfelf decompofed by barytic lime."