creosotic
- a word derived from creosote.
Example Sentences
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The fuel used is too “dead,” and needs the addition of some substance containing a fair amount of creosotic matter.
From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Morgan, Sidney
In this way condensed moisture and creosotic matter falls to the ground, and does not lodge in the pipe.
From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Morgan, Sidney
The smoky, creosotic flavor is absorbed by the leaf, and, although this flavor is not relished by the smokers of the U. S., it is much liked in Europe.
From Tobacco Leaves Being a Book of Facts for Smokers by Brennan, W. A.
This is not now the opinion of the writers, who attribute the effect largely to the temperature of drying and constituents of the smoke other than creosotic substances.
From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Morgan, Sidney
Just for a second!—that creosotic odour was to them as sweetest perfume.
From The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike by Jarvis, W. H. P. (William Henry Pope)
