CORROSION, noun s as z. From corrode. The action of eating or wearing away by slow degrees, as by the action of acids on metals, by which the substance is gradually changed. This is effected by the affinity of the menstruum with the component parts of the substance, in consequence of which the two substances unite and form new combinations.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.