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Webster 1913 Edition


Acrolein

A-cro′le-in

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Noun.
[L.
acer
sharp +
olēre
to smell.]
(Chem.)
A limpid, colorless, highly volatile liquid, obtained by the dehydration of glycerin, or the destructive distillation of neutral fats containing glycerin. Its vapors are intensely irritating.
Watts.