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Definition of Camphine
1. n. Rectified oil of turpentine, used for burning in lamps, and as a common solvent in varnishes.
Definition of Camphine
1. Noun. Rectified oil of turpentine, used for burning in lamps and as a solvent in varnishes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Camphine
1. an explosive liquid [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Camphine
Literary usage of Camphine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1856)
"... I have constructed a large iron cylinder, in which the sodium and its impure
admixtures are heated to fusion below the surface of naphtha or camphine, ..."
2. Annals of Salem by Joseph Barlow Felt (1845)
"In the evening, the East India Marine building took fire from the bursting of a
camphine ... camphine ..."
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