单词 | brick oil |
释义 | brick oiln. Now rare. 1. A preparation typically made by distilling oil in which brick dust or hot bricks have been soaked, used medicinally for the treatment of a variety of diseases; = oil of bricks n. at brick n.1 and adj.1 Phrases 1. Also called oil of philosophers. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > oils and oily preparations oil of rosesa1398 oil (of) hypericon1471 oil of philosophers1547 almond oil1560 oil of tile1634 brick oil1656 rosat1674 philosophical oil1750 oleosaccharum1757 oil of wintergreen1827 wintergreen oil1843 pinhoen oil1846 gaultheria oil1848 carap oilc1865 pulza oil1866 niaouli1993 1656 W. D. tr. Paracelsus Dispensatory & Chirurgery 322 Take of Oleum laterinum, or Brick oyl, one ounce, the oyl of Juniper half an ounce, the oyl of Myrrhe two ounces, mix them. 1727 E. Strother tr. P. Hermann Materia Medica II. 98 If we dip Silk-wool into Brick-Oil, and then into Wax and Tallow, and make Candles of it, this kindled, will neither be extinguish'd with Rain or Wind. 1851 Monthly Jrnl. Med. Sci. Nov. 482 The remedy consisted of mugwort, brick oil, bone oil, assafœtida, and castor. 1982 Catholic Hist. Rev. 68 590 Teresa was given injections, poultices, and pills in odd numbers as well as being rubbed with scorpion oil and brick oil to open her pores. 2. Any of various oils used in the manufacture of bricks to lubricate the surfaces of the clay, die, cutters, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > extracted or refined oil > [noun] > distilled or refined mineral oils > lubricating oils liquor1559 lubricant1828 machine oil1863 spindle oil1887 black oil1896 brick oil1898 Three-in-one1928 lube1956 1898 Brit. Clayworker July 121/2 (advt.) General accessories for brickyards... Specially prepared Brick Oil that will not destroy the colour of bricks. 1917 National Petroleum News Mar. 36/2 Some of the brick plants compound their own brick oil, using a mixture of engine oil or cylinder stock and half or a greater proportion of kerosene. 1964 Lubrication (London) 50 65/2 Note the four hoses which carry brick oil under pressure to lubricate the moving column of clay in the die. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1656 |
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