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train oil

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noun

oil obtained from the blubber of whales or from seals, walruses, or other marine animals.

Origin of train oil

1545–55; earlier trane < Dutch traan train oil, tear; cognate with German Träne tear

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Examples from the Web for train oil

Historical Examples of train oil

Then I suppose they subsist on train-oil as well as codfish?
The Land of Thor
J. Ross Browne
Not for worlds would I undeceive the good fellow, not if this were train-oil.
Old Junk
H. M. Tomlinson
The train-oil and gunpowder were shoved out of sight in a minute.
Wuthering Heights
Emily Bronte
We cleaned the rifles thoroughly and rubbed them with train-oil.
Farthest North
Fridtjof Nansen
One by one the men in the tent were awakened, and the train-oil lamp was lit.
A Man's Woman
Frank Norris

British Dictionary definitions for train oil

train oil

noun

oil obtained from the blubber of various marine animals, esp the whale

Word Origin for train oil

C16: from earlier train or trane, from Middle Low German trān or Middle Dutch traen tear, exudation

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