pyroligneous

American  

[pahy-ruh-lig-nee-uhs] / ˌpaɪ rəˈlɪg ni əs /

Also pyrolignic

adjective

1. produced by the distillation of wood.

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pyroligneous British  

/ ˌpaɪrəʊˈlɪɡnɪəs /

adjective

1. (of a substance) produced by the action of heat on wood, esp by destructive distillation

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Etymology

Origin of pyroligneous

First recorded in 1780–90; pyro- + ligneous

Example Sentences

Wipe the tongue dry, when taken out of the pickle; glaze it over with a brush dipped in pyroligneous acid, and hang it up in the kitchen.

From The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. by Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady

The ancient Peruvians appear to have injected and washed the corpses with a fluid that flows from imperfectly burned wood, in which pyroligneous acid, creosote, and other antiseptics are present.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various

To prevent these injuries so hurtful to commerce the employment of different substances should be tried such as pyroligneous acid, the chloride of lime, the bichloride of mercury.

From Movement of the International Literary Exchanges, between France and North America from January 1845 to May, 1846 With Instructions for Collecting, Preparing, and Forwarding Objects of Natural History Written by The Professors Administrators of The Museum Of Natural History At Paris. And Instructions Relative to Anthropology and Zoology by Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Isidore

Take one ounce of finely-pulverized charcoal, pour on it one ounce of pyroligneous acid, then add a pint of water.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George

This may be done by causing the animal to inhale the fumes of pyroligneous acid, and by the internal use of bayberry bark.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George