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Meanings of spirit of turpentine in English
Volatile liquid distilled from turpentine oleoresin; used as paint thinner and solvent and medicinally.
Usage of spirit of turpentine in English
1
Alcohol, ether, benzol, spirit of turpentine, and petroleum take fire on contact.
2
The spirit of turpentine is much used by the inhabitants.
3
Take with you a little bottle of spirit of turpentine, and pour it into one of your country ponds.
4
Grind the white-lead in the oil, and add the spirits of turpentine.
5
He reached for a bottle on the shelf labelled spirits of turpentine.
6
It is better to add, also, a gill of spirits of turpentine.
7
Ink Stains.-Wetwith spirits of turpentine; after three hours, rub well.
8
For a black marble, nothing it better than spirits of turpentine.
9
Cockroaches, and all vermin, have an aversion to spirits of turpentine.
10
Rub the ivory handles which have become stained, with whiting and spirits of turpentine.
11
Spirits of turpentine, three drachms; camphorated oil, nine drachms.
12
Mix together two ounces spirits of turpentine, one ounce corrosive sublimate, and one pint alcohol.
13
French spirits of turpentine is mainly composed of terebenthene.
14
Taking these two points together, it is hardly possible to adulterate spirits of turpentine without detection.
15
One bar of turpentine soap, three table-spoonfuls of spirits of turpentine, half a tumbler of water.
16
Dissolve the beeswax in the spirits of turpentine, with a gentle heat, and mix the paint warm.