methylated alcohol. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The term methylated means that a substance has at least one special chemical group - called a methyl group - attached to it. From Wordnik.com. [The World's Healthiest Foods] Reference
Treat with methylated spirit for about sixty seconds. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
Send your own bottle to an oilshop for methylated spirits. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII: No. 353, October 2, 1886.] Reference
What to do: 1. Put the bottle of methylated spirits in the ice. From Wordnik.com. [The Forgotten Hero(ine)] Reference
Can you send me a pound tin of solidified methylated spirits for. From Wordnik.com. [Letters from France] Reference
I remembered the reek of methylated spirits on Jean-Pierre's breath. From Wordnik.com. [The mission song]
Things not to be forgotten were nails, hammer, rope, methylated spirit and etna. From Wordnik.com. [In the Tail of the Peacock] Reference
Then I cunningly disposed the methylated spirits in the places most likely to smell. From Wordnik.com. [Prester John] Reference
I was also a bit scared of the whole "setting-point" instructions methylated spirits?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-01-01] Reference
She allegedly poured methylated spirit on her husband's genital area before setting fire. From Wordnik.com. [Murder Suspect: I Just Wanted to Burn His Penis] Reference
Denatured alcohol (methylated spirits) - Acrylic paint: blue, brown, black, white, crimson. From Wordnik.com. [Using Armatures in polymer clay sculpture] Reference
Transfer the tissue to a bath of methylated spirit (95 per cent.) for thirty minutes to one hour. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
Bismarck brown, and put it into a bottle with enough naphtha or methylated spirits to dissolve it. From Wordnik.com. [Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889] Reference
After putting on the methylated spirit I went back to the bag, which, of course, was frozen stiff. From Wordnik.com. [South: the story of Shackleton’s last expedition 1914–1917] Reference
The spokesman questioned reports that methylated spirits was used, saying the chemical was poisonous. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Some metals are transformed (e.g. by being methylated by micro-organisms) to much more toxic substances. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 13] Reference
When the time came, I put the methylated in the little cup at the top, lit it, and then pumped with a will. From Wordnik.com. [Fanny Goes to War] Reference
The skin has peeled off the inside of my mouth, exposing a raw sore, as the result of the methylated spirit. From Wordnik.com. [South: the story of Shackleton’s last expedition 1914–1917] Reference
Then Richards spent an hour or so in rubbing Hayward with methylated spirits, which did him a world of good. From Wordnik.com. [South: the story of Shackleton’s last expedition 1914–1917] Reference
Investigators found it could detect the presence of the methylated form in all six tumor suppressor genes. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: December 3, 2006 - December 9, 2006 Archives] Reference
There was not a drop of liquor in the store, but I found an old whisky bottle half full of methylated spirits. From Wordnik.com. [Prester John] Reference
Nkosi was taken to the Standerton hospital last week Monday where he had to be cleaned with methylated spirits. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
If the pens are intended to be lacquered they are placed in a solution of shellac dissolved in methylated spirits. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Invention of Steel Pens With a Description of the Manufacturing Process by Which They Are Produced] Reference
On the lowest shelf stood a four-gallon drum of methylated spirit and she panted as she struggled with the stopper. From Wordnik.com. [The Sound of Thunder]
Reassured, her laughter rang out sweetly when the absence of methylated spirit for the "Cona Machine" was discovered. From Wordnik.com. [Desert Love] Reference
The shellac varnish for the japan ground is best prepared as follows: shellac 1-1/4 lb., methylated spirits 1 gallon. From Wordnik.com. [Handbook on Japanning: 2nd Edition For Ironware, Tinware, Wood, Etc. With Sections on Tinplating and Galvanizing] Reference
But there's methylated spirits somewhere in the stores -- and you've a bottle or two of flavoring extract, haven't you?. From Wordnik.com. [The Return of Blue Pete] Reference
The whole is then allowed to get quite cool, when it is poured, with stirring, into about one pint of methylated spirit. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881] Reference
A few minutes later there were shots at the neighbour's house, which was then doused in methylated spirits and set on fire. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The points are dipped into a vessel containing the cap composition, which has been previously moistened with methylated spirit. From Wordnik.com. [Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise] Reference
Fortunately for local residents, the mercury has not become methylated and has not accumulated to such high levels in local fish. From Wordnik.com. [Metal pollution in coastal environments] Reference
Two or three ounces of methylated spirit are now added to the vessel containing the silver bromide, and the latter well mixed with it. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881] Reference
Liverpool Licensing Justices have urged the Liquor Control Board to take steps to prevent the drinking of methylated spirits by women. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, January 22, 1919] Reference
Those enzymes not only stimulate the production of more methylated tryptamines, they're also psychotomimetic -- they're hallucinogens!. From Wordnik.com. [In Other Worlds]
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