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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Derived from a lamp: applied specifically to an acid, a mixture of acetic acid and aldehyde, formed by the oxidation of alcohol.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Chem.) Pertaining to, or produced by, a lamp; -- formerly said of a supposed acid.

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