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carron oil

American

[kar-uhn] / ˈkær ən /

noun

Pharmacology.

a liniment containing limewater and linseed oil, used in medicine chiefly for burns.

carron oil British

/ ˈkærən /

noun

an ointment of limewater and linseed oil, formerly used to treat burns

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Etymology

Origin of carron oil

First recorded in 1880–85; named after Carron, Scotland, where it was used for treatment of ironworks laborers

Example Sentences

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He was too light a man to carry bodily the wounded friend who lay at his feet.

From The Key to Yesterday by Buck, Charles Neville

Some few the rivermen were forced to carry bodily, ten men to a side, the peavies clamped in as handles.

From The Riverman by White, Stewart Edward

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