boiled oil
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of boiled oil
First recorded in 1855–60
Example Sentences
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Use equal parts of boiled oil, white lead, pipe clay and black oxide of manganese, and form it into a paste.
From Practical Mechanics for Boys by Zerbe, James Slough
This was made of a double thickness of stout canvas, each thickness being well coated on both sides with two coats of boiled oil.
From Turned Adrift by Hodgson, Edward S.
Then it is to be rubbed with boiled oil until sufficiently polished.
From Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. by United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance
It is coated with red lead mixed thinly with boiled oil, containing as much as it will soak up, leaving a thin layer of the lead upon the surface of the asbestos.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
For outdoor work boiled oil is used and for indoor work, raw oil; 4.
From Handwork in Wood by Noyes, William
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