The gall (bile) of cattle, used in cleaning and painting, and formerly for medicinal purposes.
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| 释义 | the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > other cleaning methods, devices, or substances > [noun] > substances (11) ox-gall?c1450 The gall (bile) of cattle, used in cleaning and painting, and formerly for medicinal purposes. Spanish white1546 (a) finely powdered chalk used as a pigment or for its cleansing properties; (b) a fine quality of flour (see quot. 1882). pipeclay1732 A fine white clay which forms a ductile paste with water, used esp. for making tobacco pipes, and also for whitening leather, polishing, etc. bottle-cleaner1788 A brush, substance, or solution used to clean bottles. ox bile1815 the bile of an ox; = ox-gall, n. amole1831 The root or bulb of any one of several plants found in Mexico and California, used as a detergent; also any of such plants, esp. Chlorogalum pomerid… benzol1838 Chemistry. (Benzol) The name given by Liebig in 1834 to what had at first been called benzine; generally used in chemistry till recent times, when… benzine-collas1864 (see quot. 1864). benzene1872 An aromatic hydrocarbon, C6H6, the first or simplest member of the benzene series, CnH2n—6; a thin, colourless, strongly refracting fluid… benzoline1874 A commercial name for impure benzene, and often for other volatile inflammable liquid hydrocarbons, esp. for coal-tar naphtha, of which benzene is a… varnish-remover1965 |
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