| 单词 | coal-oil |
| 释义 | > as lemmascoal-oil coal-oil v. U.S. (now rare) transitive to smear or coat with coal oil, esp. before setting on fire, as an act of torture or violence. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > soil [verb (transitive)] > smear > smear with specific substances becolmea1300 tara1616 lard1740 coal-oil1872 becoom1882 tallow-candle1894 1872 Sterling (Illinois) Standard 17 Oct. 6/1 Another self-sacrificing female martyr coal-oiled at Easton, Pa., the other day. 1894 Congress. Rec. 5 Feb. 1862/1 The colored people are tortured; they are mutilated; they are coal-oiled and burned. 1937 Evening Herald (Provo, Utah) 21 May 5/3 At Gainsville,..where he lived, he was accused of ‘coal-oiling’ a dog. < as lemmas |
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