a. Obs. [f. as next + -IC.] Euchloric gas = EUCHLORINE.
(The explanation in Craig and mod. Dicts. ‘Having a distinct green colour’ represents the meaning intended by Davy, but the adj. seems to occur only in this connection.)
1811. Edin. Rev., XVIII. 480. The new compound … may be denominated from its peculiarly bright green, euchlorine or euchloric gas.
