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Turpentine

Oil of turpentine is obtained by distilling with water the pitchy matter that exudes from pine-trees; what remains after distillation is called common rosin. Boils at 320 deg.; is highly inflammable; specific gravity 0.86. See PITCH; RESIN.

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