“nitre” in the Douay-Rheims Bible

The word nitre appears 2 times in the Douay-Rheims Bible. The first 2 matching verses are shown below.

1. Proverbs 25:20 And one that looseth his garment in cold weather. As vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a very evil heart. As a moth doth by a garment, and a worm by the wood: so the sadness of a man consumeth the heart.
2. Jeremias 2:22 Though thou wash thyself with nitre, and multiply to thyself the herb borith, thou art stained in thy iniquity before me, saith the Lord God.

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