Olefiant

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  • adj. That produces oil
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Forming or producing an oil; specifically, designating a colorless gaseous hydrocarbon called ethylene (olefiant gas).
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Forming or producing oil.
    • Word Usage
    "When a mixture of four parts of oil of vitriol and one part of strong spirits of wine, or alcohol, is heated in a retort, a gas is gene - rated, which, when washed by water, is found to be a peculiar gase - ous compound of carbon and hydrogene; it has been called olefiant"
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