Hypertext Webster Gateway: "kerosene"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Kerosene \Ker"o*sene`\, n. [Gr. ? wax.]
An oil used for illuminating purposes, formerly obtained from
the distillation of mineral wax, bituminous shale, etc., and
hence called also {coal oil}. It is now produced in immense
quantities, chiefly by the distillation and purification of
petroleum. It consists chiefly of several hydrocarbons of the
methane series.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
kerosene
n : a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and
heaters [syn: {kerosine}]
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