Picoline

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

  Picoline \Pic"o*line\, n. [L. pix, picis, pitch + oleum oil +
     -ine.] (Chem.)
     Any one of three isometric bases ({C6H7N}) related to
     pyridine, and obtained from bone oil, acrolein ammonia, and
     coal-tar naphtha, as colorless mobile liquids of strong odor;
     -- called also {methyl pyridine}.


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