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lard oil
noun
- a colorless or yellowish oil expressed from lard, used chiefly as a lubricant for cutting tools.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lard oil1
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Example Sentences
Lard and lard oil from animals fed on cottonseed meal may give a faint reaction.
"I guess I best get over by that lard oil light and go to work," breathed Mrs. Comstock.
To render it soft and elastic, and to improve its spinning qualities, the fiber is sprinkled with lard oil or olive oil.
Until he was seven he had been allowed a bit of glimmer, a tiny wick floating in a silver dish of lard-oil, for a night-light.
Should toughness be desired, without extreme hardness, the steel may be cooled in a bath of lard oil, neatsfoot oil or fish oil.
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