Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Methol \Meth"ol\, n. [Gr. ? wine + -ol.] (Chem.)
   The technical name of methyl alcohol or wood spirit; also, by
   extension, the class name of any of the series of alcohols of
   the methane series of which methol proper is the type. See
   {Methyl alcohol}, under {Methyl}.