- O, so now in Crete to get coal tar liquid? - Wood preservative - Wood-tar antiseptic - Wood-tar oil; an oily antiseptic liquid, of a burning
smoky taste, colorless when pure, but usually colored yellow or brown
by impurity or exposure. It is a complex mixture of various phenols and
their ethers, and is obtained by the distillation of wood tar,
especially that of beechwood. - To saturate or impregnate with creosote, as timber,
for the prevention of decay.