• (a.) Derived from wood by distillation; -- formerly used in designating crude wood spirit.
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Pyr`ox·yl'ic adjective [
Pyro- + Greek ... wood.]
(Old Chem.) Derived from wood by distillation; -- formerly used in designating crude wood spirit.
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Pyroxylic or wood spirit is the crude spirit obtained by distilling the volatile product of the dry distillation of wood, from which the tar has been separated and the acetic acid neutralized by lime. It consists chiefly of methyl alcohol and acetone, along with a number of other compounds, and is a brownish inflammable liquid. It is used as a solv...
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