'Carbolic' definitions:
Definition of 'Carbolic'
From: GCIDE
- Carbolic \Car*bol"ic\ (k[aum]r*b[o^]l"[i^]k), a. [L. carbo coal + oleum oil.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid derived from coal tar and other sources; as, carbolic acid (called also phenic acid, and phenol[1]). See Phenol. [1913 Webster]