carbolic acid

/ kɑːˈbɒlɪk /

noun

carbolic acid

/ kär-bŏl′ĭk /

C19: carbolic, from carbo- + -ol ¹+ -ic

Carbolic Acid … liquid … oil … sweet oil … castor oil … aperient … Epsom Salts … white … white of egg.

Coins should be boiled, and paper money should be dipped in the 10 per centum carbolic acid solution and dried at a stove.

The substances commonly used are carbolic acid, formalin or formaldehyde, lysol, and bichloride of mercury.

And all her mouth and chin and pretty white neck were burned brown with the carbolic acid she had drunk.

Sometimes they get vermin on them, and I have to grease them and dust carbolic acid on them, and try some of my numerous cures.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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