Oxymuriatic \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.]