Carbolic

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

  Carbolic \Car*bol"ic\ (k[aum]r*b[o^]l"[i^]k), 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[1]). See {Phenol}.
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