Bone-oil


a fetid, tarry liquid obtained in the dry distillation of bone.
Historical Examples

Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 Various

noun
a dark brown pungent oil, containing pyridine and hydrocarbons, obtained by the destructive distillation of bones

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