bone oil

American  

noun

1. a fetid, tarry liquid obtained in the dry distillation of bone.

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bone oil British  

noun

1. a dark brown pungent oil, containing pyridine and hydrocarbons, obtained by the destructive distillation of bones

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Example Sentences

Crude bone oil has a most offensive smell.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various

From such things as feet, knuckles, hide clippings, and sinews came such strange and unlikely products as gelatin, isinglass, and phosphorus, bone black, shoe blacking, and bone oil.

From The Jungle by Sinclair, Upton

It is a form of bone oil, a product obtained in the manufacture of bone-black, or animal charcoal, by the distillation of bones.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various

The clear solution of bone oil in benzine collected in the bottle is then brought into a small retort which is connected with a thoroughly cooled receiver.

From Friction, Lubrication and the Lubricants in Horology by Lewis, William T.