a. Obs. rare1. [f. Gr. ἄμμ-ος sand + -IC, perh. confounded with ammoniac.] In Sal Ammic, an old name for Sal Ammoniac.
1611. Cotgr., Sel ammoniac, Salt Ammicke; a medicinable drug resembling stone Allum, and found in long flakes vnder the Cyrenian sand.