Danish oil

American  

noun

1. a furniture oil, based on synthetic resins, that gives a soft luster.

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Example Sentences

Pocket-Lint found that the mark first appeared after as little as 20 minutes of the device sitting on a solid oak kitchen countertop treated with Danish oil.

From Slate • Feb. 14, 2018

The wood railings were stripped of varnish and finished with Danish oil, as Breuer specified, so that they exude a sense of texture that the architect described as being “close to earth.”

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2016

“No. Danish oil, boy. Best thing there is. You know what you got to watch out for with Danish oil?”

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

Malcolm counted them out and put the first one in the vise while Mr. Taphouse put a second coat of Danish oil on the finished shutters to keep them safe from the weather.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman