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spirits of turpentine
spirits of turpentine
noun
- functioning as singular or plural another name for turpentine
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of spirits of turpentine1
Example Sentences
Hot milk was also given as a drink, and the throat well rubbed with spirits of turpentine.
Paint, made of lampblack, to which a little spirits of turpentine is first added, and then diluted with linseed or lard oil, is also used.
He dissolved a pound of the gum in spirits of turpentine, added to the mixture enough lamp-black to produce a bright black color, and invented a machine for spreading this compound over cloth.
Some persons recommend, as a certain cure in a few days, half a teaspoonful of spirits of turpentine mixed with a handful of grain, giving that quantity to two dozen of chickens each day.
Then pour off the finest part, and dilute it with as much spirits of turpentine as will make it work freely with a brush or camel-hair pencil.
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