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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SEBACIC

a.[supra. ] In chimistry, pretaining to fat; obtained for fat; as the sebacic acid.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SEBACIC

Se *bac "ic, a. Etym: [L. sebum tallow: cf. F. sébacique.] (Chem. )

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to fat; derived from, or resembling, fat; specifically, designating an acid (formerly called also sebic, and pyroleic, acid ), obtained by the distillation or saponification of certain oils (as castor oil ) as a white crystalline substance.