a yellow liquid obtained by distilling amber or (in later use) another resin such as colophony; (formerly also) †liquidambar (obsolete).

Naphtha, liquid petroleum.

an oil having a comparatively low relative density; spec. any of various mixtures of mineral oils of low relative density, viscosity, and boiling…

Crude mineral oil that is pale in colour; (also) a colourless petroleum distillate, spec. a highly refined heavy distillate used medicinally and in…

(a) purified alcohol, typically produced by repeated or continuous distillation, esp. when used in the production of alcoholic beverages (also in p…

A volatile, oily liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, tar, etc.

a fuel oil distilled from petroleum which is intermediate in viscosity and boiling point between paraffin oil and lubricating oils.

any oil of high specific gravity, originally such an oil obtained from the distillation of coal-tar (cf. dead oil n. at dead, adj. n.adv.…

a volatile liquid distilled from petroleum, consisting of a mixture of hydrocarbons (chiefly pentane and hexane) and used as a solvent.

An acrid volatile oil obtained from soot.

any oil consisting chiefly of hydrocarbons.

(see quot. 1868).

(with singular or plural agreement) = white spirit n. at white, adj. n.compounds 1f.

oil that has had air blown through it in order to increase its viscosity.

Any of various substances resembling or containing phenol or phenols; spec. = phenoloid oil n. at sense B..