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fusel|ˈfjuːzəl|
[a. Ger. fusel bad brandy or other spirits; formerly applied in LG. dialects also to bad tobacco. Cf. Ger. fuseln to bungle (see foozle).]
attrib. in fusel oil, ‘a term for a mixture of several homologous alcohols, chiefly amylic alcohol, and especially applied to this when in its crude form’ (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1885).
1850Daubeny Atom. Th. vii. (ed. 2) 227 Being abundantly obtained during the distillation of potatoes..the name of oil of potato spirit, or fusel oil, has been assigned to it. 1859All Year Round No. 32. 128 Fusel oil..makes oil of pear, used in perfumery and the so-called ‘jargonelle pear drops’. 1868Q. Rev. No. 248. 350 A peculiarly fœtid oil, termed ‘fusel’ oil, is formed in making brandy and whisky. |