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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A trade-name of the lighter liquid product obtained in the destructive distillation of resin or colophony. It comes over before the resin-oil, which is the principal product of the distillation. It is used to burn in lamps and for the manufacture of some varnishes. Also known as resin-spirit.

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