Definition of Tung oil

1. Noun. A yellow oil obtained from the seeds of the tung tree.

Exact synonyms: Chinese Wood Oil
Generic synonyms: Oil

Definition of Tung oil

1. Noun. An oil extracted from the seeds of the tung tree and used in varnishes and paints etc. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tung Oil

tunelessness
tunelike
tunellite
tuner
tuners
tunes
tunes in
tunes out
tunesmith
tunesmithing
tunesmiths
tuneup
tuneups
tung
tung-oil tree
tung oil (current term)
tung tree
tungiasis
tungs
tungstate
tungstates
tungstatian
tungsten
tungsten arc lamp
tungsten carbide
tungsten compounds
tungsten steel
tungstenian
tungstenic
tungsteniferous

Literary usage of Tung oil

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

1. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats, and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1904)
"The manufacture of boiled oil, its characteristics, and detection if in admixture with linseed oil, will be treated of in Chapter XV. tung oil (Chinese Wood ..."

2. The Industrial and Artistic Technology of Paint and Varnish by Alvah Horton Sabin (1904)
"TUNG-OIL, or Chinese wood-oil, is a remarkable oil which surpasses linseed ... The next most remarkable quality of tung-oil is that if it is heated to about ..."

3. Technical Methods of Analysis as Employed in the Laboratories of Arthur D by Roger Castle Griffin, Arthur D. Little, Inc (1921)
"tung oil General.—This oil is also known under various other names such as ... Cold drawn oil is pale yellow and called " White tung oil"; hot pressed oil ..."

4. Standard Methods of Chemical Analysis: A Manual of Analytical Methods and by Wilfred Welday Scott (1922)
"The heating test and iodine jelly test used for tung oil are also given below as these are used extensively by the chemist for judging the purity and value ..."

5. Chemistry of Materials of the Machine and Building Industries by Robert Benjamin Leighou (1917)
"Chinese Wood or tung oil.—This is obtained by pressure from the nut of the tung ... The following values for tung oil are given by Toch: Specific gravity, ..."

6. Chemistry of Materials of the Machine and Building Industries by Robert Benjamin Leighou (1917)
"Chinese Wood or tung oil.—This is obtained by pressure from the nut of the tung ... The following values for tung oil are given by Toch: Specific gravity, ..."

7. The Examination of Hydrocarbon Oils and of Saponifiable Fats and Waxes by David Holde (1922)
"Test for tung oil.f In treating china wood oil with iodine a portion solidifies and becomes insoluble in petroleum ether; the amount of oil remaining ..."

8. Analysis of Paint Vehicles, Japans and Varnishes by Clifford Dyer Holley (1920)
"CHAPTER VIII tung oil (CHINESE WOOD OIL) 102. Valuation. ... The extremely unsatisfactory condition of the tung oil market during the winter of 1918-19, ..."

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