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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Phenol \Phe"nol\ (f[=e]"n[=o]l; 277), n. [Gr. fai`nein to show +
     -ol: cf. F. ph['e]nol.] (Chem.)
     1. A white or pinkish crystalline substance, {C6H5OH},
        produced by the destructive distillation of many organic
        bodies, as wood, coal, etc., and obtained from the heavy
        oil from coal tar.


        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: It has a peculiar odor, somewhat resembling creosote,
           which is a complex mixture of phenol derivatives. It is
           of the type of alcohols, and is called also {phenyl
           alcohol}, but has acid properties, and hence is
           popularly called {carbolic acid}, and was formerly
           called {phenic acid}. It is a powerful caustic poison,
           and in dilute solution has been used as an antiseptic.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Any one of the series of hydroxyl derivatives of which
        phenol proper is the type.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     {Glacial phenol} (Chem.), pure crystallized phenol or
        carbolic acid.
  
     {Phenol acid} (Chem.), any one of a series of compounds which
        are at once a derivative of phenol and an organic acid;
        thus, {salicylic acid} is a phenol acid.
  
     {Phenol alcohol} (Chem.), any one of series of derivatives of
        phenol and carbinol which have the properties of both
        combined; thus, {saligenin} is a phenol alcohol.
  
     {Phenol aldehyde} (Chem.), any one of a series of compounds
        having both phenol and aldehyde properties.
  
     {Phenol phthalein}. See {phenolphthalein}.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Carbolic acid \Car*bol"ic ac"id\ (k[aum]r*b[o^]l"[i^]k
     [a^]s"[i^]d), n. [L. carbo coal + oleum oil.] (Chem.)
     same as {phenol[1]}, ({C6H5.OH}). See {phenol[1]}.
  
     Syn: phenol[1], hydroxybenzene, phenyl hydroxide, phenic
          acid.
          [PJC]

















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