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spirits of turpentine

or spirit of turpentine

noun

Chemistry.


spirits of turpentine

noun

  1. functioning as singular or plural another name for turpentine
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Origin of spirits of turpentine1

First recorded in 1785–95
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Hot milk was also given as a drink, and the throat well rubbed with spirits of turpentine.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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