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Definition: ETHERIN

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A white, crystalline hydrocarbon, regarded as a polymeric variety of ethylene, obtained in heavy oil of wine, the residue left after making ether; -- formerly called also concrete oil of wine.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Etherin" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: ETHERIN

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A white, crystalline hydrocarbon, regarded as a polymeric variety of ethylene, obtained in heavy oil of wine, the residue left after making ether; -- formerly called also concrete oil of wine.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "ETHERIN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)