a. Chem. [f. TEREB(INTH) + -IC.] Of, belonging to, or derived from turpentine, as in terebic acid, C7H10O4, a dibasic acid, a product of the action of nitric acid on turpentine-oil also called turpentinic, terebenic, and terebilic acid. So terebic ether, an acid ether of terebic acid. Hence Terebate, a salt of terebic acid.
1857. Miller, Elem. Chem., III. vii. § 1. 502. The compound … deposits when left to itself for some weeks small four-sided prisms with an oblique terminal face. This substance is named terebic acid.
1868. Watts, Dict. Chem., V. 723. Terebic acid … discovered by Bromeis…, who called it turpentinic acid; further examined by Rabourdin…, who designated it as terebilic or terebenic acid. Ibid., 724. Terebic acid is dibasic…. The neutral terebates all contain water of crystallisation.
