FUSEL OIL


Meaning of FUSEL OIL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈfyü-zəl- ]

noun

Etymology: German Fusel bad liquor

Date: 1850

: an acrid oily liquid occurring in insufficiently distilled alcoholic liquors, consisting chiefly of amyl alcohol, and used especially as a source of alcohols and as a solvent

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