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Spirit of turpentine   /spˈɪrət əv tˈərpəntˌaɪn/   Listen
Spirit of turpentine

noun
1.
Volatile liquid distilled from turpentine oleoresin; used as paint thinner and solvent and medicinally.  Synonyms: oil of turpentine, turpentine, turps.





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"Spirit of turpentine" Quotes from Famous Books



... light at a distance high over all the rest of the forest, I realized that the former were not the highest use of the pine. It is not their bones or hide or tallow that I love most. It is the living spirit of the tree, not its spirit of turpentine, with which I sympathize, and which ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, Number 9, July, 1858 • Various


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