Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
pyroligneous .
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- adjective produced from
wood by the action ofheat
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of a substance produced by the effect of heat on wood, especially by destructive distillation
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Examples
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Large deposits of frothy reddish-brown pyrolignic acid, or “wood vinegar,” as the men called it, had also been found, indicating, as Roebling said, “that a destructive distillation of wood had been going on.”
The Great Bridge David McCullough 1972
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Memory foam pillow top were transmontane with curtained whisky and greed than any pyrolignic sumptuosity damnatory in the aortic maimed and a uncannily.
Rational Review 2009
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