Naphthaline

Definition of Naphthaline:

part of speech: noun

A grayish- white, inflammable substance formed in the distillation of coal.

Usage examples for Naphthaline:

• The Maskil recommenced to write in Hebrew; dealers in produce, to drive out into the country; brokers, to make money; the Sunday market was crowded with peasants, the public- houses filled; salt, naphthaline and other household wares began to sell. "Stories and Pictures", Isaac Loeb Peretz.

• Persian powder or naphthaline "Plays by Chekhov, Second Series On the High Road, The Proposal, The Wedding, The Bear, A Tragedian In Spite of Himself, The Anniversary, The Three Sisters, The Cherry Orchard", Anton Chekhov.

• In the corner, on the chimney- shelf, stands a little empty lamp, with a cracked globe; the naphthaline is exhausted, there is no one to go and buy more. "Stories and Pictures", Isaac Loeb Peretz.

• But he did not know the bitter fountain of despondency whence flowed those naphthaline streams of passion. "Julian Home", Dean Frederic W. Farrar.