"nitre" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "_dis": "35 3 20 6 31 6",
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          "ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Jeremiah 2:22:",
          "text": "For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me.",
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      "rhymes": "-aɪtə(ɹ)"
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  "word": "nitre"
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