boiled oil

American  

noun

Chemistry.

1. any oil, as linseed oil, heated together with driers to improve its drying properties.

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Etymology

Origin of boiled oil

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

Coming to the first jar, he felt the steam of the boiled oil!

From Ali Baba, or the Forty Thieves by Unknown

Another white composition, used for charging ¾ inch flambeaux, consists of 1,000 parts of chlorate of potash, 1,000 of nitrate of baryta, and 175 of boiled oil.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 586, March 26, 1887 by Various

If the grain is raised, sandpaper lightly, or rub with steel wool and then with boiled oil.

From Handwork in Wood by Noyes, William

Before the spring cleaning the stoves must be taken down and cleaned out, stovepipes cleaned and rubbed with boiled oil to prevent rust, and both put away in the attic.

From The Complete Home by Laughlin, Clara E. (Clara Elizabeth)

Worship of Siva.He anoints the image with clarified butter or boiled oil; pours pure water over it; and then wipes it dry.

From Two Old Faiths Essays on the Religions of the Hindus and the Mohammedans by Mitchell, J. Murray (John Murray)