Chem. Also cressyl. [f. CRES-OL + -YL.] The radical C7 H7 of cresol. Cresylate, a salt of cresylic acid. Cresylic a., of cresyl, in Cresylic acid = CRESOL.
1863–72. Watts, Dict. Chem., II. 107. With pentachloride of phosphorus, cresylic alcohol yields chloride of cresyl, C7 H7 Cl. Ibid. A mass of slender needles of cresylate of potassium or sodium.
1869. E. A. Parkes, Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3), 360. The fumes contain carbolic and cresylic acids.
