elayl
English
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion, “olive oil, oil”) + -yl. So called by Berzelius from its forming an oil combining with chlorine.
Noun
elayl (uncountable)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “elayl”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)