CREOSOTE

I. noun see: raw Date: 1835 a clear or yellowish flammable oily liquid mixture of phenolic compounds obtained by the distillation of tar derived from wood and especially from beech wood, a brownish oily liquid consisting chiefly of aromatic hydrocarbons obtained by distillation of coal tar and used especially as a wood preservative, a dark brown or black flammable tar deposited from especially wood smoke on the walls of a chimney, ~ bush , II. transitive verb (-soted; -soting) Date: 1836 to treat with ~