单词 | camphine |
释义 | > as lemmasCamphine Camphine n. Brit. , U.S. the commercial name of an illuminating oil procured by distillation from common turpentine; also attributive.ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > artificial light defined by light-source > [noun] > oil-lamp > oils burnt in Camphine1842 bean oil1908 1842 Mechanics' Mag. 37 380 Lamp for burning oil and Camphine. 1849 D. M. Mulock Ogilvies (1875) xxxvi. 275 This camphine is always too dull or too bright. 1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. iii. 49 Ye comfortable folks, who..grow wise in an easy chair, with..a camphine lamp. c1865 H. Letheby in J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 106/1 Oil of turpentine, or camphine. < as lemmas |
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