Chem. [See -URET; cf. sulphuret.] A primary combination of arsenic with another element; for which, in recent chemical nomenclature, ARSENIDE is generally used. Hence Arseniuretted a., combined with arsenic, chiefly in Arseniuretted hydrogen (= arsenic trihydride, AsH3), for which Watts uses ARSENETTED (cf. sulphur-etted).
1834. E. Turner, Elem. Chem. (ed. 5), 569. The products are water and arseniuret of copper.
1812. Sir H. Davy, Chem. Philos., 456. Arseniuretted hydrogene gas … has an extremely fetid smell.
1854. Scoffern, in Orr’s Circ. Sc., Chem. 478. Gaseous arseniuret of hydrogen—or arseniuretted hydrogen.
1859. Carpenter, Anim. Phys., vi. (1872), 292. Arsenical poisoning from the inhalation of a small quantity of arseniuretted hydrogen.
