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Definition of: water gas
A highly poisonous mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide produced by forcing steam over white–hot carbon (as coal or coke); used for cooking and heating, and when carbureted, as an illuminant.
—wa·ter–gas (wô′tər·gas′, wot′ər-) adjective
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