Usually means: Wood preservative derived from distillation.
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  1. kreosote: Wordnik
  2. kreosote: Wiktionary
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  4. Kreosote: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. Kreosote: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. kreosote: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Kreosote: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. kreosote: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Kreosote: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (Kreosote)

noun:  Archaic form of creosote. [A pale yellow oily liquid, containing phenols and similar compounds, obtained by the destructive distillation of wood tar, once used medicinally.]
verb:  Archaic form of creosote. [(transitive) To apply creosote.]

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