Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hydroxylamine \Hy*drox`yl*am"ine\, n. [Hydroxyl + amine.]
   (Chem.)
   A nitrogenous, organic base, {NH2.OH}, resembling ammonia,
   and produced by a modified reduction of nitric acid. It is
   usually obtained as a volatile, unstable solution in water.
   It acts as a strong reducing agent.