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  1. Alcohol that has been rendered undrinkable,
  2. and is used for industrial purposes. It is
  3. nevertheless drunk by some individuals,
  4. resulting eventually in death. One of the
  5. poisonous substances in it is methanol, or
  6. methyl alcohol, and this gives it its name.
  7. (The `alcohol' of alcoholic drinks is
  8. ethanol.)
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