Definition of Rape oil

1. Noun. Edible light yellow to brown oil from rapeseed used also as a lubricant or illuminant.

Exact synonyms: Colza Oil, Rapeseed Oil
Substance meronyms: Rapeseed
Generic synonyms: Oil

Definition of Rape oil

1. Noun. rapeseed oil ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rape Oil

rapacities
rapacity
rapacuronium
rapakivi
rapakivis
rapalog
rapalogs
rapamycin
raparee
raparees
rapatronic
rapcore
rape conviction
rape oil (current term)
rape shields
rape suspect
rape vans
rape whistle
rape whistles
rapeability
rapeable
raped
rapee
rapees
rapefest
rapeful

Literary usage of Rape oil

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The offensive taste of rape oil may also be removed by treatment with a small ... In the East Indies rape oil and its equivalents, known under various names ..."

2. Foods and Their Adulteration: Origin, Manufacture, and Composition of Food by Harvey Washington Wiley (1911)
"rape oil (Colza Oil) (Brassica campestris L.).—There are different kinds of oil which belong to the general class which is known as rape oil or rapeseed oil ..."

3. Foods and Their Adulteration: Origin, Manufacture, and Composition of Food by Harvey Washington Wiley (1911)
"rape oil (Colza Oil) (Brassica ... There are different kinds of oil which belong to the general class which is known as rape oil or rapeseed oil. ..."

4. Foods and Their Adulteration: Origin, Manufacture, and Composition of Food by Harvey Washington Wiley (1907)
"rape oil (Colza Oil) (Brassica campestris LV—There are different kinds of oil which belong to the general class which is known as rape oil or rapeseed oil. ..."

5. Foods and Their Adulteration: Origin, Manufacture, and Composition of Food by Harvey Washington Wiley (1917)
"rape oil (Colza Oil) (Brassica campestris L.).—There are different kinds of oil which belong to the general class which is known as rape oil or rapeseed oil ..."

6. The Condensed Chemical Dictionary: A Reference Volume for All Requiring by Chemical Catalog Company, Inc (1920)
"rape oil. See Rape-seed oil. rape oil, Black Sea. ... Oil (Black Sea rape oil). Color and properties: Clear, yellow, semi-drying, liquid oil. ..."

7. Lubrication and Lubricants: A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of by Leonard Archbutt, Richard Mountford Deeley (1907)
"Of 51 samples of commercial rape oil which were specially examined by Renard's process, about two-thirds were found to contain arachidic acid. ..."

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