Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Pure methyl chlorid, CH3Cl, used as an anesthetic in place of ether and chloroform: a trade-name.

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Examples

  • Garrick had stooped down and picked up both the handkerchief with its crushed bits of the kelene tube and near it a shattered glass hypodermic.

    Guy Garrick 1908

  • Then comes the jab with the real needle -- perhaps another whiff of kelene to give the injection a chance.

    Guy Garrick 1908

  • Garrick had stooped down and picked up both the handkerchief with its crushed bits of the kelene tube and near it a shattered glass hypodermic.

    Guy Garrick 1908

  • Then comes the jab with the real needle -- perhaps another whiff of kelene to give the injection a chance.

    Guy Garrick 1908

  • Then comes the jab with the real needle -- perhaps another whiff of kelene to give the injection a chance.

    Guy Garrick 1908

  • Garrick had stooped down and picked up both the handkerchief with its crushed bits of the kelene tube and near it a shattered glass hypodermic.

    Guy Garrick 1908

  • And, preceded by a whiff of kelene, not even the sensations I have described are remembered. "

    Guy Garrick 1908

  • And, preceded by a whiff of kelene, not even the sensations I have described are remembered. "

    Guy Garrick 1908

  • And, preceded by a whiff of kelene, not even the sensations I have described are remembered. "

    Guy Garrick 1908

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