lard oil
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of lard oil
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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In 1872 lard oil was in demand for various uses.
From Scientific American • Apr. 5, 2022
The corridor of the Verizon Center and the Shakespeare Theater was once the place to buy lace, lard oil, animal feed, sewing machines and “segars.”
From Washington Post • Apr. 30, 2015
The name is a Melville reference, of sorts — as whale oil declined as a lighting source in the 1840s, one substitute was lard oil from hogs, or “prairie whales.”
From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2014
Another $125,000 was given by Mrs. Mary Emery whose father-in-law, Thomas Emery, made one of the first big real estate fortunes in Cincinnati, increased it by manufacturing lard oil and candles.
From Time Magazine Archive
A good plan to prevent oil from freezing and yet have a good quality of oil is to mix two parts of lard oil with one part of kerosene.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
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