Definition of Kreosote

1. n. See Creosote.

Definition of Kreosote

1. Noun. (archaic form of creosote) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Kreosote

1. creosote [v KREOSOTED, KREOSOTING, KREOSOTES] - See also: creosote

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kreosote

krees
kreese
kreesed
kreeses
kreesing
kremersite
kremlin
kremlinologies
kremlinologist
kremlinologists
kremlinology
kremlins
kreng
krengs
krennerite
kreosote (current term)
kreosoted
kreosotes
kreotoxin
kreplach
kreplech
kretek
kreteks
krettnichite
kreutzer
kreutzers
kreuzer
kreuzers
krewe
krewes

Literary usage of Kreosote

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette (1837)
"In 1830, M. Reichenbach, a chemist of Blansko, while engaged in the investigation of this curious interesting subject, discovered kreosote aud five other ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1838)
"We will give the details of the case in our next number. 61. kreosote in Cancer.—Dr. FRIESE states that he employed every kind of treatment for the cure of ..."

3. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1834)
"By the one the kreosote is obtained from pyroligneous acid, by the other from the tarry matter which distils over along with that acid. ..."

4. A Compendium of the Course of Chemical Instruction in the Medical Department by Robert Hare (1836)
"kreosote is elaborated either from crude pyroligneous acid, or from wood tar, by a series of distillations, and subjection to different agen->. ..."

5. A Manual of pharmacodynamics by Richard Hughes (1899)
"... KALMIA, kreosote, LACTUCA. OF the compounds of potassium we have already studied the iodide, the bromide, and the bichromate—all of which belong less to ..."

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