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train oil
noun
- oil obtained from the blubber of whales or from seals, walruses, or other marine animals.
train oil
noun
- oil obtained from the blubber of various marine animals, esp the whale
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of train oil1
1545–55; earlier trane < Dutch traan train oil, tear; cognate with German °Õ°ùä²Ô±ð tear
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of train oil1
C16: from earlier train or trane , from Middle Low German ³Ù°ùÄå²Ô or Middle Dutch traen tear, exudation
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It is necessary to remove the blubber immediately; because, if this precaution be neglected, the flesh contracts a taste of train oil.
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Her entire take was as yet only four barrels of train oil!!
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Only in the streets by the quays the smell of decayed wood, salt herrings, train oil, and "such like," prevailed.
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Cut into squares, it looks and tastes like scallops, with only a slight aroma of train oil.
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