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MARSH GAS

\mˈɑːʃ ɡˈas], \mˈɑːʃ ɡˈas], \m_ˈɑː_ʃ ɡ_ˈa_s]\

Definitions of MARSH GAS

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Methyl hydride, methane, fire-damp, CH4; a colorless, odorless gas, forming an explosive mixture with oxygen.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Fire-damp exhaled from marshes.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

The fire-damp, or light carburetted hydrogen, which is evolved from marshes and stagnant pools.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

Same as Methane.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Methane.
See methane.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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