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creosoted
Variant of creosote
noun
- a transparent, oily liquid with a pungent odor, obtained by the distillation of wood tar and used as an antiseptic
- a black, oily liquid with a pungent odor, obtained by the distillation of coal tar and used as a wood preservative
transitive verb creosoted, creosoting
to treat (wood, etc.) with creosote
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