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Definition of Oil of turpentine
1. Noun. Volatile liquid distilled from turpentine oleoresin; used as paint thinner and solvent and medicinally.
Generic synonyms: Essential Oil, Volatile Oil
Terms within: Gum Terpentine, Turpentine
Definition of Oil of turpentine
1. Noun. turpentine ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Oil of turpentine
1. Volatile oil distilled from the oleoresin and obtained from Pinus palastrus (family Pinaceae) and other species of Pinus yielding terpene oils. Solvent for oils, resins, varnishes; vehicle, thinner and remover of oil-based paints. Rubefacient; has been used as a counterirritant in liniments. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oil Of Turpentine
Literary usage of Oil of turpentine
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 (1894)
"OBSERVATIONS ON AMERICAN oil of turpentine. Bv JH LONG. Received October 34, 1894.
IN the February, 1893, number of \fat Journal of Analytical and Applied ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1886)
"... oil of turpentine. There is increasing evidence of the good effects obtained
from the oils of eucalyptus and turpentine in the treatment of diphtheria. ..."
3. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"Of commercial turpentine there are several varieties, which consist of a resin
more or less dissolved in a volatile oil, called oil of turpentine. ..."
4. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1860)
"When oil of turpentine is distilled with chromate of lead and dilate sulphuric,
acid, ... oil of turpentine, mixed with bichloride of tin, thickens, ..."
5. A French-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1921)
"anglaise, an American oil of turpentine sold in England and Antwerp. ...
rectified oil of turpentine. —- de thym, oil of thyme. ..."
6. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Containing a Clear Exposition by Andrew Ure (1844)
"It is as limpid as water, has the smell of the plant, and in other respects
resembles oil of turpentine. The oil found in commerce has a specific ..."
7. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1893)
"They are not soluble in water, but readily so in alcohol, ether, or oil of
turpentine ; they are free from nitrogen, poor in oxygen, and rich in carbon, ..."
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