(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:09:41

Meth"al (?), n. [Myristic + ether + alcohol.] Chem.

A white waxy substance, found in small quantities in spermaceti as an ethereal salt of several fatty acids, and regarded as an alcohol of the methane series.

 

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