asbolin

English

Etymology

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Noun

asbolin (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) An acrid oil obtained from wood soot.
   • 1913 June, Edward J. Clarke, “Steam Boiler Explosions”, in The National Engineer, volume 17, page 338:

     The Principal Elements in the composition of the soot which lodges upon boiler shells and tubes, are carbon, ulmin, asbolin, creosote , and capnomor.

Anagrams

• Bailons, Bolinas, albinos, laibons, sabinol