Definition of creosote

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Creosote (n.) Wood-tar oil; an oily antiseptic liquid, of a burning smoky taste, colorless when pure, but usually colored yellow or brown by impurity or exposure. It is a complex mixture of various phenols and their ethers, and is obtained by the distillation of wood tar, especially that of beechwood..

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Creosoted :: Creosoted (imp. & p. p.) of Creosot.
Creosote :: Creosote (n.) Wood-tar oil; an oily antiseptic liquid, of a burning smoky taste, colorless when pure, but usually colored yellow or brown by impurity or exposure. It is a complex mixture of various phenols and their ethers, and is obtained by the distillation of wood tar, especially that of beechwood..
Kreosote :: Kreosote (n.) See Creosote.
Guiacol :: Guiacol (n.) A colorless liquid, C6H4,OCH3.OH, resembling the phenols, found as a constituent of woodtar creosote, aud produced by the dry distillation of guaiac resin..
Picamar :: Picamar (n.) An oily liquid hydrocarbon extracted from the creosote of beechwood tar. It consists essentially of certain derivatives of pyrogallol.
Creosote :: Creosote (v. t.) To saturate or impregnate with creosote, as timber, for the prevention of decay..
Cresylic :: Cresylic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, cresol, creosote, etc..
Creasote :: Creasote (n.) See Creosote.
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