Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gasoline"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gasoline \Gas"o*line\, or Gasolene engine \Gas"o*lene, en"gine\
. (Mach.)
A kind of internal-combustion engine; -- in British countries
called usually {petrol engine}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gasoline \Gas"o*line\ (? or ?; 104), n.
A highly volatile mixture of fluid hydrocarbons, obtained
from petroleum, as also by the distillation of bituminous
coal. It is used in making air gas, and in giving
illuminating power to water gas. See {Carburetor}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
gasoline
n : a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and
heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used
mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines [syn: {gasolene},
{gas}, {petrol}]
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