Chem. [f. CARBOL-IC + -ATE.] A salt of carbolic acid; a phenate.
1875. H. C. Wood, Therap. (1879), 628. An alkaline carbolate.
1876. Bartholow, Mat. Med. (1879), 523. Carbolic acid exists in the blood, probably, as a carbolate.
So Carbolated ppl. a., made into a carbolate; impregnated with carbolic acid, carbolized.
1884. Sat. Rev., 7 June, 760/2. Cotton-wool … moistened with carbolated oil.
1884. Health Exhib. Catal., 62/1. Concentrated Carbolated Creosote Disinfecting Fluid.
