The expedition would be out of food, coal, oil, pyroligneous ether for lamp fuel, and rum. From Wordnik.com. [The Terror]
BISTRE is extracted by watery solution from the soot of wood fires, whence it derives a strong pyroligneous scent. From Wordnik.com. [Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists] Reference
The fourth stage occurs at 200 to 300 degrees where a substantial proportion of the light tars and pyroligneous acids are produced. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 5] Reference
“But the men have to understand that they may not waste even a lump, drop, or drip of coal, lamp oil, pyroligneous fuel, or ether for the spirit stoves.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Terror]
In this stage pyroligneous liquids in the form of methanol and acetic acids are expelled and a small amount of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide is emitted (Fernandes, 1991). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 5] Reference
The metal bottle holding a pint of pyroligneous ether fuel next to it had exploded, sending shrapnel flying in all directions but evidently just barely passing over their heads as they huddled in the tent. From Wordnik.com. [The Terror]
Also a sharp pyroligneous-acid pungency in the air that stings one's eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Professor at the Breakfast-Table] Reference
These patches, instead of using clay use bamboo and wood vinegars (pyroligneous acids) which essentially are the fluid or sap derived from tree cells which have great absorbing power like clay does. From Wordnik.com. [Wil's Ebay E-Store]
When, many a year afterwards, the hard ground of a mountain bivouac, with its pitiful portion of pickled cork-tree yclept mess-beef, and that pyroligneous aquafortis they call corn-brandy have been my hard fare. From Wordnik.com. [Charles O'Malley — Volume 1] Reference
Chemical Name A. Methanol (CH3OH) B. Synonyms Wood alcohol, methyl alcohol, carbonyl, Columbian spirits, pyroligneous spirit, wood naphtha, wood spirit, HEET, colonial spirit, methyl hydrate, methyl hydroxide, monohydroxymethane, pyroxylic spirit, methyl. From Wordnik.com. [Ethanol Has Its Own Commodity Status!] Reference
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