benzine
a colorless, volatile, flammable, liquid mixture of various hydrocarbons, obtained in the distillation of petroleum, and used in cleaning, dyeing, etc.
Origin of benzine
1- Also ben·zin [ben-zin]. /ˈbɛn zɪn/.
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How to use benzine in a sentence
The stains it may make readily disappear on immersion in kerosene or benzin.
Merck's 1899 Manual | Merck & Co.For this reason the compound was named “benzin” by Mitscherlich, which name was changed into “benzol” by Liebig.
Coal | Raphael MeldolaIt dissolves in 20 parts of boiling alcohol, in 100 parts of cold alcohol and in twice its weight of benzin.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines | T. H. Pardo de TaveraIt is soluble in alcohol, ether and chloroform, slightly soluble in sulphuret of carbon, insoluble in turpentine or benzin.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines | T. H. Pardo de TaveraWhy, just the smell of benzin on a suit you've had out to the cleaners will give 'em the dream, if you throw your chest out right.
Torchy | Sewell Ford
British Dictionary definitions for benzine
benzin (ˈbɛnzɪn)
/ (ˈbɛnziːn, bɛnˈziːn) /
a volatile mixture of the lighter aliphatic hydrocarbon constituents of petroleum: See ligroin, petroleum ether
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