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

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boiled oil

Reduction used—11⁄2 pints turpentine, 1 pint boiled oil.

From Paint Technology and Tests by Henry A. Gardner

Avoid using water on hardwood, boiled oil or turpentine and oil being best for woodwork and floors.

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

Take zinc white, mix it with boiled oil to about the thickness of cream, add a little drying, such as painters use.

From The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources by Anonymous

A solution of asphaltum in spirits of turpentine is frequently used to darken new oak which is intended for painter's varnish, or a coating of boiled oil.

From French Polishing and Enamelling A Practical Work of Instruction by Richard Bitmead

Add 12 ounces of beeswax to a gallon of linseed oil, and boil it two hours; prime the cloth with this mixture, and use the same in place of boiled oil for mixing the paint.

From Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. by United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance