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Danish oil

American  

noun

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


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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

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

“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

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