English Dictionary:
- 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.
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