/kwin"l een', -in/ , n. Chem.
a colorless, liquid, water-immiscible, nitrogenous base, C 9 H 7 N, having a disagreeable odor, occurring in coal tar, and usually prepared by oxidizing a mixture of glycerol and aniline: used as a solvent and reagent and to make dyes. Also called leucoline .
[ 1835-45; QUIN(INE) + -OL 1 + -INE 2 ]