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carbolic

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Car`bol´ic    (kär`bǒl´ĭk)
a.1.(Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid derived from coal tar and other sources; as, carbolic acid (called also phenic acid, and phenol{1}). See Phenol.
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carbolic [kɑːˈbɒlɪk] N (also carbolic acid) → ácido m carbólico or fénico (also carbolic soap) → jabón m con fenol
carbolic
adjKarbol-
n (also carbolic soap)Karbolseife f


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There was blood, I saw, in the sink,--brown, and some scarlet--and I smelt the peculiar smell of carbolic acid.
After that he resisted no more, and was washed out and scrubbed out and cleansed out with the hose, a big bristly brush, and much carbolic soap, the lather of which got into and stung his eyes and nose, causing him to weep copiously and sneeze violently.
Sir Launcelot got up steam, he and I loaded up the kettle with unslaked lime and carbolic acid, with a touch of lactic acid added thereto, then filled the thing up with water and inserted the steam-spout under the canopy.
 
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