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Lycol

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A thick, colorless liquid, C2H4(OH)2, of a sweetish taste, produced artificially from certain ethylene compounds. It is a diacid alcohol, intermediate between ordinary ethyl alcohol and glycerin.

(2):

(n.) Any one of the large class of diacid alcohols, of which glycol proper is the type.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Lycol'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​l/lycol.html. 1828.