Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or having the taste or smell of slightly burned animal or vegetable substances.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to empyreuma.
- adjective oils obtained by distilling various organic substances at high temperatures.
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- adjective obsolete, chemistry Characteristic of
empyreuma
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Examples
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As soon as this began to thicken, Neb carefully removed it with a wooden spatula; this accelerated the evaporation, and at the same time prevented it from contracting an empyreumatic flavor.
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As soon as this began to thicken, Neb carefully removed it with a wooden spatula; this accelerated the evaporation, and at the same time prevented it from contracting an empyreumatic flavor.
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Experience tells us that olive oil should only be used with things which are soon cooked, and which do not demand too high a temperature, because prolonged ebullition developes an empyreumatic and disagreable taste produced by a few particles of pulp, which can, being impossible to be gotten rid of, carbonize.
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Science is a drink of the gods; but it has not yet fermented sufficiently, and, therefore is not fit for use, like vodka which has not yet been purified from empyreumatic oil.
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From the wood of the Juniperus oxycoedrus; an empyreumatic oil resembling liquid pitch, is obtained by dry distillation, this being named officinally, Huile de cade, or Oleum cadinum, otherwise "Juniper tar."
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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The herb is of the umbelliferous order, and its fruit chemically furnishes "anethol," a volatile empyreumatic oil similar to that contained in the Anise, and Caraway.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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Reichenbach observed that mere traces of empyreumatic oil prevented their formation.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889 Various
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All the varieties lose air and hygroscopic water at 100° C., and a larger quantity of water and organic matter (indicated by faint smoke and an empyreumatic odor) at a red heat.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887 Various
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It is properly an empyreumatic oil of turpentine, and has been much used in medicine both externally and internally.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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An analysis of the Bladderwrack has shown it to contain an empyreumatic oil, sulphur, earthy salts, some iron, and iodine freely.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
hernesheir commented on the word empyreumatic
Fancy word to describe the aroma of grilled meats and vegetables?
November 25, 2010
ruzuzu commented on the word empyreumatic
It's used in the Century Dictionary definition for amber.
January 24, 2011