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Definition of Train oil
1. Noun. A white to brown oil obtained from whale blubber; formerly used as an illuminant.
Definition of Train oil
1. Noun. whale oil ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Train Oil
Literary usage of Train oil
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"Du. traan, a tear; Iraan, train-oil. We thus see that the lit. sense of train
is ' tear,' then, a drop of liquor forced out by fire ; and lastly, ..."
2. The Scientific American Cyclopedia of Formulas: Partly Based Upon the 28th by Albert Allis Hopkins (1910)
"Tallow and Train-oil Grease.—Refined tallow, 2 parts; train oil, 1 part. The tallow
is melted, at a moderate temperature, in a pan, and as soon as this has ..."
3. Elements of Chemistry: Including the Recent Discoveries and Doctrines of the by Edward Turner (1835)
"train oil.—train oil is obtained by means of heat from the blubber of the whale,
and is employed extensively in making oil gas, and for burning in common ..."
4. Chemical Technology, Or, Chemistry in Its Applications to Arts and Manufactures by Charles Edward Groves, William Thorp, Friedrich Ludwig Knapp, Thomas Richardson, Edmund Ronalds, Henry Watts, William Joseph Dibdin (1895)
"Whale Oil—train oil.—The use of this oil for illuminating purposes has of late years
... The term train oil properly belongs to the oil obtained from the ..."
5. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1864)
"A train-oil of sp. gr. 0'927 at 20° examined by Chevreul, was brownish, deposited
solid fat at a temperature above 0 , and contained olein, margarin, ..."
6. Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and by Colin MacFarquhar, George Gleig (1797)
"train oil is apt to kill the leaves of plants which have been injured by infers,
but lint- feed oil has not that ..."
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