[Arbitrary f. KEROSENE, with insertion of -OL q.v.] An oil with anæsthetic properties, distilled from petroleum; petroleum ether.
1861. Shrewsbury Weekly Observer, 21 Sept. Under the name of ‘kerosolene’ a new anæsthetic has lately been undergoing investigation in America.
1888. in Syd. Soc. Lex.
