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Webster 1913 Edition

(kär-bŏl′ĭk)

Adj.

[L.

carbo

coal +

oleum

oil.]

(Chem.)

Pertaining to, or designating, an acid derived from coal tar and other sources;

as,

carbolic

acid (called also phenic acid, and phenol{1})

. See

carbolic ‎(not comparable)

relating to or containing carbolic acid

carbolic ‎(uncountable)