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Lycerine
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) An oily, viscous liquid, C3H5(OH)3, colorless and odorless, and with a hot, sweetish taste, existing in the natural fats and oils as the base, combined with various acids, as oleic, margaric, stearic, and palmitic. It is a triatomic alcohol, and hence is also called glycerol. See Note under Gelatin.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Lycerine'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/l/lycerine.html. 1828.