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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An oil-like, nitrogenous matter, acrid and bitter, obtained from the soot of wood.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A peculiar acrid and bitter oil, obtained from wood soot.
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- noun organic chemistry An
acrid oil obtained fromwood soot .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek
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