Sulphuric acid has also been used for a similar purpose, Diluting it to the extent of 1 part of acid to 3 or 5 of water.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
The demand must have its effect on those who meet it, in Diluting the intimate quality of their work, so that it is not always easy to estimate the real strength of artistic impulse in it.
"George Du Maurier, the Satirist of the Victorians"
T. Martin Wood
As O'Brien looked out upon the preparations already made, and while his two friends stood chewing the silent cud of angry discontent, with a Diluting of black plug tobacco, he had to admit that the moment certainly was a moment, and the scene had assumed a fascination which even contrived to take possession of his now somewhat rusty imagination.
"The Law-Breakers"
Ridgwell Cullum