, a. 
		                    		                        
		                            		                                		                                    
		                                         Pertaining to, or containing, ethyl and sulphuric acid.		                                        		                                         [1913 Webster]		                                        		                                        		                                    
		                                		                            		                        
		                      
		                    		                        		                            Ethylsulphuric acid (Chem.), an acid sulphate of ethyl, H.C2H5.SO4, produced as a thick liquid by the action of sulphiric acid on alcohol. It appears to be the active catalytic agent in the process of etherification.