Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Obtained by distilling wood.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Old Chem.) Derived from wood by distillation; -- formerly used in designating crude wood spirit.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete ,(
chemistry ) created by thedestructive distillation ofwood
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