Etherin

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

  Etherin \E"ther*in\, n. (Chem.)
     A white, crystalline hydrocarbon, regarded as a polymeric
     variety of ethylene, obtained in heavy oil of wine, the
     residue left after making ether; -- formerly called also
     {concrete oil of wine}.
     [1913 Webster]