paraffine
Americannoun
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The paraffine does not digest, but collects in colored balls, which are passed by handfuls and are excellent imitations of the real things.
From Quacks and Grafters by Unknown
To preserve truffles left over in an opened can, drain them from the liquor and roll them in melted paraffine or in melted suet.
From The Century Cook Book by Mary Ronald
That of the oils used, viz., olive sperm, neat's-foot, and paraffine, the samples of paraffine oil on copper was least affected, and that sperm was next in order of inaction.
From Friction, Lubrication and the Lubricants in Horology by William T. Lewis
I waited, and spread the mustard on the dry bread, and had more peaches and paraffine.
From The Other Fellow by Francis Hopkinson Smith
Cut up paraffine wax into small pieces, using about one-fourth pound to each tumbler full of toys.
From Advanced Toy Making for Schools by David M. Mitchell
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