Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fusel"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fusel \Fu"sel\, n., Fusel oil \Fu"sel oil\ [G. fusel bad
liquor.] (Chem.)
A hot, acrid, oily liquid, accompanying many alcoholic
liquors (as potato whisky, corn whisky, etc.), as an
undesirable ingredient, and consisting of several of the
higher alcohols and compound ethers, but particularly of amyl
alcohol; hence, specifically applied to amyl alcohol.
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.