| Alcohol (alcohol) |
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| n. | ( l"k***osl]*hl) |
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| Al"co*hol |
| [Cf. F. alcool, formerly written alcohol, Sp. alcohol
alcohol, antimony, galena, OSp. alcofol; all fr. Ar. al-kohl
a powder of antimony or galena, to paint the eyebrows with. The name was
afterwards applied, on accoun |
An impalpable
powder.
The fluid essence or pure spirit obtained by
distillation.
Pure spirit of wine; pure or highly rectified
spirit (called also ethyl alcohol); the spirituous or intoxicating
element of fermented or distilled liquors, or more loosely a liquid
containing it in considerable quantity. It is extracted by simple
distillation from various vegetable juices and infusions of a saccharine
nature, which have undergone vinous fermentation.
A class of compounds
analogous to vinic alcohol in constitution. Chemically speaking, they are
hydroxides of certain organic radicals; as, the radical ethyl forms common
or ethyl alcohol (C2H5.OH); methyl forms
methyl alcohol (CH3.OH) or wood spirit; amyl forms
amyl alcohol (C5H11.OH) or fusel oil,
etc.
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