kerosene

(ker’6-sén),n. [Cf. F'. kéroséne (> E.); of your brains; ’a were as good crack a fusty nut with no kernel. Shak., T. and C., ii, 1,112. irreg. ¢ Gr. xypéc, wax, + -ene.] A mixture of 2. Technically, in bot.: (a) In phanerogams, liquid hydrocarbons distilled from petroleum, strictly, the whole body of a seed within the coal, bitumen, ete., extensively used as an ilcoats, namely, the embryo, and, when present, lumina ting fluid in all parts of the world. When of good quality it is nearly colorle , and its specific grav the albumen. (b) In pyrenomycetous fungi, in ity varies from 0.780 to 0.825. Its boiling-point should be old usage, all of the soft parts of the pyrenocarp above 77° C. (170° F.), and the point at which it evolves or perithecium within the firm outer wall. In explosive vapor (that is, its ‘“flashing-point”) 65° C. both these senses a synonym of nucleus.— 3. (149° F.). It is the same as, or very closely related to, the British paraffin-oil. Also called photogen, mineral oil, and A gramineous seed with its husk or in tegu in England American parafin-oil.— Kerosene shale, biment; a grain or corn: as, a kernel of wheat, tuminous shale; any shaly rock from which illuminating oats, or maize: formerly applied also to the oil has been or may be profitably obtained. seed of the apple and other pulpy fruits. kerret, x. An obsolete form of curs,