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Definition of Fusel oil
1. Noun. A mixture of amyl alcohols and propanol and butanol formed from distillation of fermented liquors.
Definition of Fusel oil
1. Noun. A mixture of several higher-order alcohols (alcohols with more than two carbon atoms) formed as byproduct in the normal fermentation process. An excessive concentration, as in low-quality moonshine, causes unpleasant taste. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Fusel oil
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Fusel Oil
Literary usage of Fusel oil
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1896)
"INDEX TO THE LITERATURE ON THE DETECTION AND ESTIMATION OF fusel oil IN SPIRITS.
BY WD BIGELOW. Received September 30, 1895. ALLEN, AH : The chemistry of ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1901)
"fusel oil, when administered to animals, causes the elimination in the urine of
... In certain cases, as in one cited, fusel oil is a profound blood ..."
3. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1870)
"These oily products, designated by the general name of fusel-oil, resemble each
other in their taste and smell, which are nauseous and fiery, and likewise ..."
4. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"The injurious effect of raw or recently manu factured spirits is attributed (inter
alia) to the presence of fusel oil produced during the fermentation and ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"fusel oil, the name applied to the volatile oily liquida, of a nauseous fiery
taste and smell, which are obtained in the rectification of spirituous liquors ..."
6. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines by Andrew Ure (1858)
"fusel oil is the German name of the offensive smelling oil which exists in alcohol,
as distilled from the fermented infusions of malt, and corn meal of all ..."
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