methal

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun Same as methylic alcohol (which see, under alcohol).

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun (Chem.) A white waxy substance, found in small quantities in spermaceti as an ethereal salt of several fatty acids, and regarded as an alcohol of the methane series.

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• noun organic chemistry A white waxy substance, found in small quantities in spermaceti as an ethereal salt of several fatty acids, and regarded as an alcohol of the methane series.