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
When a substitute was needed for sperm oil, after almost numberless experiments, he showed that lard oil is the best illuminant, thereby saving the country over one hundred thousand dollars yearly, since 1865.
From Famous Men of Science by Bolton, Sarah K.
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