Chem. Also kinate. [f. QUIN-A + -ATE 1 c.] A salt of quinic acid.
1836. J. M. Gully, Magendie’s Formul., 56. The quinia and cinchonia of the quinates are precipitated and collected; the quinate of lime remains in solution.
1841. Penny Cycl., XIX. 221/1. Kinate, or rather Superkinate of Quina, is the salt which exists naturally in the bark.
1857. Miller, Elem. Chem., III. 352. Adding a solution of subacetate of lead to a neutral kinate [1862 quinate].
