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naphthaline
Part of speech: NounA soft, greyish- white, flaky, crystalline substance, found incrusting the pipes employed in the rectification of coal- tar.
Usage examples "naphthaline":- In the corner, on the chimney- shelf, stands a little empty lamp, with a cracked globe; the naphthaline is exhausted, there is no one to go and buy more. - "Stories and Pictures", Isaac Loeb Peretz.
- In testing any fuel where it is found difficult to completely consume a sample, a weighed amount of naphthaline may be added, the total weight of fuel and naphthaline being approximately one gram. - "Steam, Its Generation and Use", Babcock & Wilcox Co..
- He came back in the evening, when the gas was lit, and drove from the railway station to his house, where the rooms still smelt of naphthaline. - "Resurrection", Maude, Louise Shanks.