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(1):

(v. t.) To saturate or impregnate with creosote, as timber, for the prevention of decay.

(2):

(n.) Wood-tar oil; an oily antiseptic liquid, of a burning smoky taste, colorless when pure, but usually colored yellow or brown by impurity or exposure. It is a complex mixture of various phenols and their ethers, and is obtained by the distillation of wood tar, especially that of beechwood.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Creosote'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/creosote.html. 1828.
 
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