a. Chem. Obs. Also alc-. [f. ALKALI + -OUS.] = ALKALINE.
1703. Morland, in Phil. Trans., XXIII. 1321. Those that … affirm, that it is Alkalious.
1754. Huxham, ibid., XLVIII. 854. The alcalious salts fix on the sulphur, and unite with it.
