From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Benzine \Ben"zine\, noun [From {Benzoin}.] (Chem.)
1. A liquid consisting mainly of the lighter and more volatile hydrocarbons of petroleum or kerosene oil, used as a solvent and for cleansing soiled fabrics; -- called also {petroleum spirit}, {petroleum benzine}. Varieties or similar products are gasoline, naphtha, rhigolene, ligroin, etc.
Note: The hydrocarbons of benzine proper are essentially of the marsh gas (paraffin) series, while benzene proper is the typical hydrocarbon of the aromatic series.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a colorless liquid hydrocarbon; highly inflammable; carcinogenic; the simplest of the aromatic compounds [syn: {benzene}, {benzol}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
49 Moby Thesaurus words for "benzine": alcohol, briquette, burnable, butane, carbon, charcoal, coal, coal oil, coke, combustible, dope, electricity, ethane, ethanol, fireball, firing, flammable, flammable material, fuel, fuel additive, fuel dope, gas, gas carbon, gasoline, heptane, hexane, illuminant, illuminating gas, inflammable, inflammable material, isooctane, jet fuel, kerosene, light source, luminant, methane, methanol, natural gas, octane, oil, paraffin, peat, pentane, petrol, petroleum, propane, propellant, rocket fuel, turf
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