daggettn.
/ˈdaɡɪt/ A dark tar obtained by the distillation of the bark of the European white birch, and used in the preparation of Russia leather, and formerly as a local application for diseases of the skin.
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1861 Chambers's Encycl. II. 104/1 [The birch] yields also the B[irch] Tar, or Degutt.
1875 Encycl. Brit. III. 698/1 An empyreumatic oil, called diogott in Russia.]
1890 J. S. Billings National Med. Dict. I Daggett, birch-tar.
1900 W. A. N. Dorland Amer. Illustr. Med. Dict. 194/2 Degote, tarry oil of white birch.
1935 Discovery Oct. 299/2 Birch bark..by destructive distillation, yields an empyreumatic oil, known as Oil of Birch Tar, Dagget [etc.].
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