Sentence:  Argiento made him lie down on the bed , brought a pan of hot <WSD>water</WSD> , dipped some clean white linen cloth and applied it to extract the splinter . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent