See Also: terpin(medicine)
terpin(dictionary)

snape (iou) and terpin (iou)


snape (iou)



snape verb2. L18.
[Perh. from SNAPE verb1 Cf. SNEAP verb, SNAPE noun.]
verb trans. Cause to taper; spec. in Shipbuilding, bevel the end of. L18.
verb intrans. Taper (off). L18.

terpin (iou)



terpin noun. M19.
[from TERPENE + -IN1.]
Chemistry. A saturated cyclic terpenoid, of which there are several isomers, known chiefly as a crystalline hydrate, C6H10(CH3)3(OH)2, obtainable by acidification of -pinene.
ter'pineol noun each of a group of isomeric terpenoid alcohols of the formula C10H17OH, having a scent of lilac and used in perfumery L19.