creosoten.

Brit.

/ˈkriːəsəʊt/, U.S.

/ˈkriəˌsoʊt/

Forms: Also creasote, kreosote, kreasote.

Etymology: modern < Greek κρεο-, combining form of κρέας flesh + σώζειν to save: compare σωτήρ saviour; the formation was intended to mean ‘flesh-saving’; but the Greek for this would have been κρεο(σ)σόος.

a. A colourless oily liquid, of complex composition, with odour like that of smoked meat, and burning taste, obtained from the distillation of wood-tar, and having powerful antiseptic properties; discovered by Reichenbach in 1832.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [noun] > wood preservative

creosote1835

Solignum1900

Santobrite1936

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > antiseptic > [noun] > specific

naphthalene1821

carbolic acid1835

creosote1835

Sanitas1878

chlorocresol1886

salol1887

Listerine1889

salufer1894

Airol1895

fluorol1895

thymoform1899

xeroform1901

triformol1907

thymoloform1911

hexamine1914

Eusol1915

flavine1917

proflavine1917

Dakin1920

naphtha1920

methenamine1926

T.C.P.1934

Zephiran1935

leptazol1946

cetrimide1948

nalidixic acid1962

clioquinol1967

crystal violet1996

1835 Elliotson in Trans. Med.-Chirurg. Soc. 235 It is now a year since I began my trials of Creosote.

1861 G. H. Kingsley in F. Galton Vacation Tourists & Trav. 1860 164 The creosote distilled from the peat soon rendered the fish safe from decay.

b. Sometimes commercially applied to carbolic acid n. at carbolic adj. 1, also distinguished as coal-tar creosote.

ΚΠ

1866 H. Watts Dict. Chem. IV. 389 Commercial creosote often consists almost entirely of phenol, but the true creosote, obtained by the distillation of wood, is a totally different substance.

Compounds

C1. attributive and in other combinations, as creosote-oil, creosote-tank, creosote-like adj.

ΚΠ

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 660 L[arrea] mexicana, the Creosote plant of the Americans..its strong creosote-like odour renders it so repulsive that no animal will touch it.

1889 G. Findlay Working & Managem. Eng. Railway 46 Timber, into which creosote oil has been forced under pressure.

C2.

creosote-bush n. Any of several shrubs of the genus Larrea (family Zygophyllaceae) of warm deserts in the Americas, having a strong smell of creosote; esp. L. tridentata of Northern Mexico and the southwestern United States.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > American or West Indian

ramgoat bush1566

burton-wood1697

cowage cherry1725

Jack-in-the-busha1726

screw tree1739

lady of the night1752

goatweed1756

solandra1797

silk-tassel1833

garrya1835

matico1839

choisya1840

Romneya1845

jointer1847

creosote-bush1851

creosote-plant1854

bridal wreath1856

ocotillo1856

adelaster1863

sage rose1864

white horse1864

tree poppy1866

Tacsonia1869

rain tree1877

piquillin bush1884

tassel-bush1891

bush poppy1899

Mexican orange1923

shrimp plant1941

1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters II. iv. 41 We passed..thickets of creosote bushes.

creosote-plant n. = creosote-bush n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > American or West Indian

ramgoat bush1566

burton-wood1697

cowage cherry1725

Jack-in-the-busha1726

screw tree1739

lady of the night1752

goatweed1756

solandra1797

silk-tassel1833

garrya1835

matico1839

choisya1840

Romneya1845

jointer1847

creosote-bush1851

creosote-plant1854

bridal wreath1856

ocotillo1856

adelaster1863

sage rose1864

white horse1864

tree poppy1866

Tacsonia1869

rain tree1877

piquillin bush1884

tassel-bush1891

bush poppy1899

Mexican orange1923

shrimp plant1941

1854 J. R. Bartlett Personal Narr. Explor. & Incidents I. iv. 94 Rosin wood, or creosote plant, a most disgusting, strong-smelling shrub.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 660 L[arrea] mexicana, the Creosote plant of the Americans.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

creosotev.

Etymology: < creosote n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcreosote.

transitive. To impregnate with creosote, as a preservative.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > build or construct with wood [verb (transitive)] > season or preserve

beek1483

beath1496

season1545

sap1725

kyanize1843

creosote1846

Paynize1850

Burnettize1867

Powellize1913

air-season1917

pressure-treat1922

recondition1931

seal1940

1846 A. Suckling Hist. Suffolk 75 The timber being creasoted..to keep out the worm.

1881 C. Whitehead Hops 37 The practice of creosoting the butt ends preserves them from decay.

Derivatives

creosoted adj.

ΚΠ

1862 Rep. Directors E. Ind. Railw. Comp. 16 Creosoted sleepers.

1892 Daily News 24 Feb. 6/3 The line..is laid upon piles of creosoted American pitch-pine.

creosoting n.

ΚΠ

1863 Reader 14 Feb. If the method of creosoting were introduced in India.

ˈcreosoter n. one engaged in creosoting timber.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > woodworker > [noun] > other woodworkers

rough-hewer1574

hoop-shaver1688

timber-taster1803

spaller1843

pump log borer1857

stamp-cutter1858

creosoter1889

timberman1890

worm-eater1890

slabby1907

1889 East. Morning News 12 Apr. 2/9 W. F. W. of Grimsby, late creosoter.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	creosote
释义	creosoten. Brit. /ˈkriːəsəʊt/, U.S. /ˈkriəˌsoʊt/ Forms: Also creasote, kreosote, kreasote. Etymology: modern < Greek κρεο-, combining form of κρέας flesh + σώζειν to save: compare σωτήρ saviour; the formation was intended to mean ‘flesh-saving’; but the Greek for this would have been κρεο(σ)σόος. a. A colourless oily liquid, of complex composition, with odour like that of smoked meat, and burning taste, obtained from the distillation of wood-tar, and having powerful antiseptic properties; discovered by Reichenbach in 1832. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [noun] > wood preservative creosote1835 Solignum1900 Santobrite1936 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > antiseptic > [noun] > specific naphthalene1821 carbolic acid1835 creosote1835 Sanitas1878 chlorocresol1886 salol1887 Listerine1889 salufer1894 Airol1895 fluorol1895 thymoform1899 xeroform1901 triformol1907 thymoloform1911 hexamine1914 Eusol1915 flavine1917 proflavine1917 Dakin1920 naphtha1920 methenamine1926 T.C.P.1934 Zephiran1935 leptazol1946 cetrimide1948 nalidixic acid1962 clioquinol1967 crystal violet1996 1835 Elliotson in Trans. Med.-Chirurg. Soc. 235 It is now a year since I began my trials of Creosote. 1861 G. H. Kingsley in F. Galton Vacation Tourists & Trav. 1860 164 The creosote distilled from the peat soon rendered the fish safe from decay. b. Sometimes commercially applied to carbolic acid n. at carbolic adj. 1, also distinguished as coal-tar creosote. ΚΠ 1866 H. Watts Dict. Chem. IV. 389 Commercial creosote often consists almost entirely of phenol, but the true creosote, obtained by the distillation of wood, is a totally different substance. Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations, as creosote-oil, creosote-tank, creosote-like adj. ΚΠ 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 660 L[arrea] mexicana, the Creosote plant of the Americans..its strong creosote-like odour renders it so repulsive that no animal will touch it. 1889 G. Findlay Working & Managem. Eng. Railway 46 Timber, into which creosote oil has been forced under pressure. C2. creosote-bush n. Any of several shrubs of the genus Larrea (family Zygophyllaceae) of warm deserts in the Americas, having a strong smell of creosote; esp. L. tridentata of Northern Mexico and the southwestern United States. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > American or West Indian ramgoat bush1566 burton-wood1697 cowage cherry1725 Jack-in-the-busha1726 screw tree1739 lady of the night1752 goatweed1756 solandra1797 silk-tassel1833 garrya1835 matico1839 choisya1840 Romneya1845 jointer1847 creosote-bush1851 creosote-plant1854 bridal wreath1856 ocotillo1856 adelaster1863 sage rose1864 white horse1864 tree poppy1866 Tacsonia1869 rain tree1877 piquillin bush1884 tassel-bush1891 bush poppy1899 Mexican orange1923 shrimp plant1941 1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters II. iv. 41 We passed..thickets of creosote bushes. creosote-plant n. = creosote-bush n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > American or West Indian ramgoat bush1566 burton-wood1697 cowage cherry1725 Jack-in-the-busha1726 screw tree1739 lady of the night1752 goatweed1756 solandra1797 silk-tassel1833 garrya1835 matico1839 choisya1840 Romneya1845 jointer1847 creosote-bush1851 creosote-plant1854 bridal wreath1856 ocotillo1856 adelaster1863 sage rose1864 white horse1864 tree poppy1866 Tacsonia1869 rain tree1877 piquillin bush1884 tassel-bush1891 bush poppy1899 Mexican orange1923 shrimp plant1941 1854 J. R. Bartlett Personal Narr. Explor. & Incidents I. iv. 94 Rosin wood, or creosote plant, a most disgusting, strong-smelling shrub. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 660 L[arrea] mexicana, the Creosote plant of the Americans. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). creosotev. Etymology: < creosote n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcreosote. transitive. To impregnate with creosote, as a preservative. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > build or construct with wood [verb (transitive)] > season or preserve beek1483 beath1496 season1545 sap1725 kyanize1843 creosote1846 Paynize1850 Burnettize1867 Powellize1913 air-season1917 pressure-treat1922 recondition1931 seal1940 1846 A. Suckling Hist. Suffolk 75 The timber being creasoted..to keep out the worm. 1881 C. Whitehead Hops 37 The practice of creosoting the butt ends preserves them from decay. Derivatives creosoted adj. ΚΠ 1862 Rep. Directors E. Ind. Railw. Comp. 16 Creosoted sleepers. 1892 Daily News 24 Feb. 6/3 The line..is laid upon piles of creosoted American pitch-pine. creosoting n. ΚΠ 1863 Reader 14 Feb. If the method of creosoting were introduced in India. ˈcreosoter n. one engaged in creosoting timber. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > woodworker > [noun] > other woodworkers rough-hewer1574 hoop-shaver1688 timber-taster1803 spaller1843 pump log borer1857 stamp-cutter1858 creosoter1889 timberman1890 worm-eater1890 slabby1907 1889 East. Morning News 12 Apr. 2/9 W. F. W. of Grimsby, late creosoter. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1835v.1846
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