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us with pyrocatechin, and obtained from beechwood tar and gum guaiacum. [Written also creasol.]

phenol. They are obtained from coal tar and wood tar, and are colorless, oily liquids or solids.

Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house. I will make Jerusalem . . . a den of dragons, and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant. Jer. ix. 11. And the silvery marish flowers that throng The desolat…

In a desolate manner.

The state of being desolate.

One who, or that which, desolates or lays waste. Mede.

The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation. Unto the end of the war desolations are determined. Dan. ix. 26.

Same as Desolater. Byron.

Causing desolation. [R.] Bp. Hall.

The state of being disconsolate. [Obs.] Barrow.

Disconsolateness. [Obs.] Barrow.

Disconsolate. [Obs.] A poor, disconsolated, drooping creature. Sterne.

Dejection; grief. [R.] Bp. Hall.

The quality of being dissoluble; capacity of being dissoluble; capacity of being dissolved by heat or moisture, and converted into a fluid.

Capable of being dissolved; having its parts separable by heat or moisture; convertible into a fluid. Woodward.

The quality of being dissoluble; dissolubility. Boyle.

essly abandoned to sensual pleasures; profligate; wanton; lewd; debauched. "A wild and dissolute soldier." Motley.

In a dissolute manner.

State or quality of being dissolute; looseness of morals and manners; addictedness to sinful pleasures; debauchery; dissipation. Chivalry had the vices of dissoluteness. Bancroft.