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.]
Oxymuriatic acid, chlorine, formerly so
called on the supposition that it was a compound of oxygen and
muriatic acid. [Obs.]