Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The trade-name of a low-grade substitute for india-rubber, made by impregnating such fibrous materials as hemp or jute with linseed-oil, repeatedly exposing it, spread out on trays, to the oxidizing action of air at about 45° C. and working the product between rollers into a uniform mass, capable of undergoing an imperfect vulcanization.
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- noun medicine The
antiviral compound 1,2,3,4-tetrahydrotetraoxonaphthalene
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(while in drug stores, if there are any, they cost 5000 - 10000 manats), and oxolin nasal ointment, which costs 20 000 manats in drug stores, costs between 50 000 and 80 000.
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