(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:24:10

Pyr`ox*yl"ic (?), a. [Pyro- + Gr. wood.] Old Chem.

Derived from wood by distillation; -- formerly used in designating crude wood spirit.

 

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