spirit of turpentine
- a variation of spirits of turpentine.
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After removing the nest it is well to drop spirit of turpentine into the hole: that will most effectually destroy any chegoe that may be lurking there.
From Wanderings in South America by Waterton, Charles
To blacken the fronts of stone chimney-pieces, mix oil varnish with lamp black that has been sifted, and a little spirit of turpentine to thin it to the consistence of paint.
From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849
It is also absorbed by spirit of turpentine, by ether, by spirit of wine, and alkaline liquors.
From Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry by Priestley, Joseph
Secretion of mucus of the bladder is increased by cantharides, by spirit of turpentine?
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
This kind of air is imbibed by oils, which thereby change their colour; whale oil becoming red, olive oil of an orange colour, and spirit of turpentine of the colour of amber.
From Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry by Priestley, Joseph
