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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK] wine +

-ol

(Chem.)

An earlier technical name of methyl alcohol or wood spirit, now called

methanol

; also, by extension, the class name of any of the series of alcohols of the methane series of which methol proper is the type. See

Methyl alcohol

, under

methol

(organic chemistry) methyl alcohol; wood spirit
(organic chemistry, by extension) Any of the series of alcohols of the methane series of which methol proper is the type.