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Webster 1913 Edition

(ŏd′mĭl)

Noun.

[Gr.

ὁδμή

ὁσμή

, stench +

-yl

(Chem.)

A volatile liquid obtained by boiling sulphur with linseed oil. It has an unpleasant garlic odor.

odmyl ‎(uncountable)

(organic chemistry, archaic) A volatile liquid with an unpleasant garlic odour, obtained by boiling sulfur with linseed oil.