asbolin

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noun

An acrid oil obtained from wood soot.

OriginAncient Greek ἄσβολος →
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Meanings

nounasbolin (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryAn acrid oil obtained from wood soot.

    The Principal Elements in the composition of the soot which lodges upon boiler shells and tubes, are carbon, ulmin, asbolin, creosote , and capnomor.

    1913 June, Edward J. Clarke, “Steam Boiler Explosions”, in The National Engineer, volume 17, page 338

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἄσβολος“soot”
  2. Englishasbolin

From Ancient Greek ἄσβολος (ásbolos, “soot”) + -in.

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Chicago

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