Usually means: Strong acid, historically called nitric.
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  1. aqua fortis: Merriam-Webster
  2. aqua fortis: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. aqua fortis: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. aqua fortis: Collins English Dictionary
  5. aqua fortis: Vocabulary.com
  6. aqua-fortis, aqua fortis: Wordnik
  7. aqua fortis: Wiktionary
  8. aqua fortis: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. Aqua fortis, aqua fortis: Dictionary.com
  10. aqua fortis: Online Etymology Dictionary
  11. Aqua fortis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Aqua fortis: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. aqua fortis: Rhymezone
  14. Aqua fortis: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. aqua fortis: FreeDictionary.org
  16. aqua fortis: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. aqua fortis: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. aqua fortis: Merriam-Webster

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  1. aqua fortis: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

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  1. aqua fortis: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (aqua fortis)

noun:  (inorganic chemistry, archaic) Nitric acid.
noun:  (alchemy) A corrosive liquor made of saltpeter, serving as a solvent for dissolving silver and all other metals except gold.
noun:  (dialectal, dated) Any strong and potentially dangerous alcoholic drink.

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