PYROXYLIC
\pˌa͡ɪɹə͡ʊzˈa͡ɪlɪk], \pˌaɪɹəʊzˈaɪlɪk], \p_ˌaɪ_ɹ_əʊ_z_ˈaɪ_l_ɪ_k]\
Definitions of PYROXYLIC
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- 1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
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p[=i]-rok-sil'ik, adj. obtained by distilling wood.--ns. PYROX'YLE, PYROX'YLIN, -E, gun-cotton.--PYROXYLIC SPIRIT, a mixture of acetone, methyl-alcohol, acetate of methyl, &c., obtained by the destructive distillation of wood in the manufacture of pyroligneous acid. [Gr. pyr, fire, xylon, wood.]
By Thomas Davidson