Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Made by the destructive distillation of wood.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Generated or procured by the distillation of wood. Also
pyrolignous .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Old Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, the acid liquid obtained in the distillation of wood, consisting essentially of impure acetic acid.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Produced from
wood by the action ofheat , especially bydestructive distillation .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of a substance produced by the effect of heat on wood, especially by destructive distillation
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Examples
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Wood vinegar, also known as pyroligneous acid, is the sap or fluid derived from tree cells.
Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34; 2010
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Wood vinegar, also known as pyroligneous acid, is the sap or fluid derived from tree cells.
Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34;Weight Loss 2010
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Wood vinegar, also known as pyroligneous acid, is the sap or fluid derived from tree cells.
Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34;Weight Loss 2010
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To prevent these injuries so hurtful to commerce the employment of different substances should be tried such as pyroligneous acid, the chloride of lime, the bichloride of mercury.
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The metal bottle holding a pint of pyroligneous ether fuel next to it had exploded, sending shrapnel flying in all directions but evidently just barely passing over their heads as they huddled in the tent.
The Terror Simmons, Dan 2007
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“But the men have to understand that they may not waste even a lump, drop, or drip of coal, lamp oil, pyroligneous fuel, or ether for the spirit stoves.”
The Terror Simmons, Dan 2007
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The expedition would be out of food, coal, oil, pyroligneous ether for lamp fuel, and rum.
The Terror Simmons, Dan 2007
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All, claimed to be based on a traditional Japanese system, are teabag-like pads containing wood vinegar (aka pyroligneous acid) and other ingredients such as herbs and minerals.
More pseudoscience afoot Ray Girvan 2004
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All, claimed to be based on a traditional Japanese system, are teabag-like pads containing wood vinegar (aka pyroligneous acid) and other ingredients such as herbs and minerals.
Archive 2004-09-01 Ray Girvan 2004
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In this stage pyroligneous liquids in the form of methanol and acetic acids are expelled and a small amount of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide is emitted (Fernandes, 1991).
Chapter 5 1993
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