Benzine


a colorless, volatile, flammable, liquid mixture of various hydrocarbons, obtained in the distillation of petroleum, and used in cleaning, dyeing, etc.
Historical Examples

Handwork in Wood William Noyes
Ontario Teachers’ Manuals: Nature Study Ontario Ministry of Education
Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians William K. David
England and Germany Emile Joseph Dillon
Two Daring Young Patriots W. P. Shervill
Wild Bill’s Last Trail Ned Buntline
The Red Battle Flyer Capt. Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen
Physics Willis Eugene Tower
Paper and Printing Recipes J. Sawtelle Ford
Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians William K. David

noun
a volatile mixture of the lighter aliphatic hydrocarbon constituents of petroleum See ligroin, petroleum ether
n.

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