| 单词 | porpoise oil |
| 释义 | > as lemmasporpoise oil porpoise oil n. ΚΠ 1849 App. 8th Vol. Jrnls. Legislative Assembly Province of Canada App. X., p. 8 Account of expenses attending the light house on Green Island, during the year 1848... R. S. Lindsay's account for 35 gallons porpoise oil. 1864 Sci. Amer. 23 Jan. 56/1 Porpoise oil is used chiefly for clocks and small tools. 1961 J. W. Anderson Fur Trader's Story xxvi. 237 Save for a few bales of furs and some barrels of porpoise oil..she was practically an empty ship. 2003 Times (Nexis) 25 Aug. The first man to cross the English Channel. Covered in porpoise oil, he set off from Dover..in 1875 and landed at Calais. < as lemmas |
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