SOOT

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1894 · p. 22

n. Su4t. Gr., d<r/3oAos, oo-jSdXi). Lat., fuligo. Fr.,suie. Ger., Ru . A complex, black, empyreumatic substance deposited from smoke; made up chiefly of a resinous substance combined with ac tic acid, nitrogenous matters, and creasote, besides various mineral salts; formerly official in the Ed. Ph. [B, 5.J E ence of s. See Tinctura FULIGINIS alcalina. [s. 501]