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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

; -- called also methol, carbinol, etc. Methyl amine (Chem.), a colorless, inflammable, alkaline gas, CH3.NH2, having an ammoniacal, fishy odor. It is produced artificially, and also occurs naturally in herring brine and other fishy products. It is regarded as ammonia in which a third of its hydrogen is replaced by methyl, and is a type of the class of substituted ammonias. Methyl ether (Chem.), a light, volatile ether CH3.O.CH3, obtained by the etherification of methyl alcohol; -- called also methyl oxide. Methyl green. (Chem.) See under Green, n. Methyl orange. (Chem.) See Helianthin. Methyl violet (Chem.), an artificial dye, consisting of certain methyl halogen derivatives of rosaniline.