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Webster 1913 Edition

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Pyro

-+ L.

lignum

wood: cf. F.

pyroligneux

(Old Chem.)

Pertaining to, or designating, the acid liquid obtained in the distillation of wood, consisting essentially of impure acetic acid.

, PYROLIGNIC, PYROLIGNOUS,

Adj.

[Gr., fire; L., wood.] Generated or procured by the distillation of wood; a term applied to the acid obtained by the distillation of wood.

pyrolignic ‎(not comparable)