Definition of "gasolene" [gas•o•lene]

• Alternative spelling of gasoline. (noun)

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• "The powder crackled, fizzed, and spluttered and spilled out the excess of gasolene from the flaming oakum balls so that streams of fire dripped down on the main deck beneath."
• "Now gasolene is a very dangerous article to carry in bulk on a small craft far out on the wide ocean."
• "The water moved free as the air from one compartment to another; furthermore, a strong smell of gasolene from the after compartment leads me to suspect that some one or more of the half-dozen tanks there stored have sprung a leak."