neat's-foot oil

[ neets-foot ]

/ ˈnitsˌfʊt /

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noun

a pale-yellow fixed oil made by boiling the feet and shinbones of cattle, used chiefly as a dressing for leather.

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Origin of neat's-foot oil

First recorded in 1570–80

Words nearby neat's-foot oil

neatherd, Neath Port Talbot, neat line, neatnik, neato, neat's-foot oil, neb, nebbish, NEbE, Nebelung, NEbN

How to use neat's-foot oil in a sentence

Together, they crossed over the International Bridges on foot into Juarez to conduct some business.
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The State Department found that with high oil prices, the tar sands would be mined for oil, pipeline or no.
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Pulling oil from the tar sands is costly, even more so when you tack transportation costs on top.
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The focus here was on how fast oil would come out of the Canadian fields.
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Total oil production figures include crude oil, natural gas liquids, and other liquid energy products.
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The bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.
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In pursuing his alchemical researches, he discovered Prussian blue, and the animal oil which bears his name.
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I find myself chained to the foot of a woman, my noble Cornelia would despise!
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We had now approached closely to the foot of the mountain-ranges, and their lofty summits were high above us in mid-air.
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We see the whole land, even if but at a distance, instead of being limited merely to the spot where our foot treads.
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British Dictionary definitions for neat's-foot oil

neat's-foot oil

noun

a yellow fixed oil obtained by boiling the feet and shinbones of cattle and used esp to dress leather

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