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ˈwood-ˌspirit
[f. wood n.1 + spirit n. 3, 21.]
1. Myth. A spirit or imaginary being, fabled to dwell in or haunt woods.
1845[C. H. J. Anderson] Swedish Brothers 4 The Nipen, or wood-spirit was..said to haunt these woods. 1877J. E. Carpenter tr. Tiele's Hist. Relig. 184 The wood-spirits, Lyeshie, bear most resemblance in conception and character to Pan and the Satyrs. 1911W. W. Fowler Relig. Exper. Roman People x. 235 Diana was a wood-spirit, a tree-spirit.
2. Crude methyl alcohol obtained from wood by destructive distillation.
1842in Ure Revenue in Jeopardy (1843) 11 A sample of crude naphtha..the unrectified combustible liquid obtained from the distillation of wood,..imported from Scotland under the name of naphtha or wood-naphtha... It is named in Chemistry wood-spirit or pyroxylic spirit. 1854Ronalds & Richardson Chem. Technol. (ed. 2) I. 367 Wood-spirit is used to some extent..in place of alcohol, in spirit-lamps. 1887Buck's Handbk. Med. Sci. IV. 751/1 Methylic alcohol,..more popularly known under the several names of pyroligneous spirit, pyroxylic spirit, wood spirit, wood alcohol, and wood naphtha. |