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Webster 1913 Edition
Carbolic
Car-bol′ic
(kär-bŏl′ĭk)
, Adj.
[L.
carbo
coal + oleum
oil.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid derived from coal tar and other sources;
as,
. See carbolic
acid (called also phenic acid, and phenol{1})Phenol
.