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creosote

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creosote

Black, oily liquid derived from coal tar, used as a wood preservative. Medicinal creosote, which is transparent and oily, is derived from wood tar.



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Number One has had the misfortune to tread in the creosote.
Sign of the Four by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
He had to accept eau-de-Cologne and to refuse creosote in consequence; but that was easy.
The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context
Poor Tom has got a dreadful toothache, and I came down to find some creosote for him.
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