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Webster 1913 Edition
Methol
Meth′ol
,Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] wine +
-ol
.] (Chem.)
An earlier technical name of methyl alcohol or wood spirit, now called
methanol
; also, by extension, the class name of any of the series of alcohols of the methane series of which methol proper is the type. See Methyl alcohol
, under Methyl
.