creosote, n.
1. A colorless to yellowish oily liquid containing phenols and creosols, obtained by the destructive distillation of wood tar, especially from the wood of a beech, and formerly used as an expectorant in treating chronic bronchitis.
2. A yellowish to greenish-brown oily liquid containing phenols and creosols, obtained from coal tar and used as a wood preservative and disinfectant. It can cause severe neurological disturbances if inhaled in strong concentrations.
“Somehow swallows nest in the creosote eaves,
flit-scatter, fall back & return.”
--Joshua Marie Wilkinson, “Pictures Inside the Mattress Before Your Brothers Are Dead”
From Pinball Publishing
