English Explanatory Dictionary

oil of brick

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An empyreumatic oil obtained by subjecting a brick soaked in oil to distillation at a high temperature; formerly used in medicine and by lapidaries.

Word forms

oil of brick
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