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fatty oil

American  

noun

Chemistry.
  1. fixed oil.


fatty oil British  

noun

  1. another name for fixed oil

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of fatty oil

First recorded in 1825–35

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The factories dehydrate the larvae to make an animal feed or extract a fatty oil, which has a range of uses from cosmetics to biodiesel.

From Nature ● Sep. 12, 2017

A small quantity of semisolid fatty oil is obtained from the seeds by pressure.

From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by William Saunders

As it is usually itself adulterated with some fatty oil, it needs to undergo purification before use.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881 by Various

The oils used for the lubrication of spinning and weaving machinery should contain a fair proportion of some fatty oil, such as olive or rape or cocoanut oil.

From The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student by Franklin Beech

The tissue of the seeds contains a fatty oil, with resin, mucilage and gum, malates and albuminous matter; and in the pericarp there is much tannin.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various

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