(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:21:32

Car*bol"ic (?), a. [L. carbo coal + oleum oil.] Chem.

Pertaining to, or designating, an acid derived from coal tar and other sources; as, carbolic acid (called also phenic acid, and phenol). See Phenol.

 

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