Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A product of the distillation of gum guaiacum resembling creosote. It is also a constituent of wood-tar. When pure it is a colorless liquid.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A colorless liquid, C6H4.OCH3.OH, resembling the phenols, found as a constituent of woodtar creosote, and produced by the dry distillation of guaiac resin.
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- noun organic chemistry A colourless liquid produced by the dry
distillation ofguaiac resin .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The guiacol molecules generally bind themselves to elements in the juice * after* fermentation, so testing the grapes, juice and/or must will not do much to reveal the presence of smoke taint.
Earth, wind and fire: tasting the terroir, Sonoma, 2008 | Dr Vino's wine blog 2010
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[581] Tar yields pyroligneous acid, oil of tar, and pitch: as well as guiacol and creasote.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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After the first few days of this treatment, adjust a suspensory bandage, which can be procured at any apothecary shop, and apply daily the following ointment: guiacol, sixty grains; lard, one-half ounce, over the swollen testicle.
The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) Kenelm Winslow
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