Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sulphite"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sulphite \Sul"phite\, n.
A person who is spontaneous and original in his habits of
thought and conversation. [Slang] -- {Sul*phit"ic}, a.
[Slang]
A sulphite is a person who does his own thinking, he is
a person who has surprises up his sleeve. He is
explosive. --Gelett
Burgess.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sulphite \Sul"phite\, n. [Cf. F. sulfite. See {Sulphur}.]
(Chem.)
A salt of sulphurous acid.
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