单词 | vaseline |
释义 | Vaselinen. a. A soft, greasy substance used as an ointment or lubricant, obtained by evaporating petroleum and passing the residuum through animal charcoal. (Cf. petrolatum n.) A proprietary term, introduced by R. A. Chesebrough in 1872. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > greasy or fatty material > [noun] > mineral-derived belmontine1857 Vaseline1874 petrolatum1881 petroleum jelly1883 1874 Eng. Mech. 25 Sept. 36 A new petroleum product has been introduced into the trade under the name of vaseline. 1876 Trans. Clin. Soc. 9 171 Applied vaseline to his head whenever the cap was off. 1884 Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 778 Palm oil and vaseline was sold for lubricating machinery. 1897 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 104. 27/2 Petroleum Jelly. This is another name for the preparations called Vaseline, Cosmoline, etc., all made from Petroleum. 1924 Pocket Oxf. Dict. 932/1 Vaseline... Proprietary term introduced in 1872 by R. A. Chesebrough. 1927 Trade Marks Jrnl. 3 Aug. 1383/2 Vaseline 479,707. Petroleum Jelly and Disinfectant Soap for Veterinary use. Chesebrough Manufacturing Company Consolidated... 11th April 1927. 1930 A. Huxley Brief Candles 13 Hearts of putty, hearts of vaseline. 1965 C. Zigrosser & C. M. Gaehde Guide to Collecting Orig. Prints iv. 56 A soft ground is prepared from hard ground by the addition of tallow or Vaseline. 1974 Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) 26 Oct. 4- d/1 Walter Youngblood, one of his trainers, is smearing Vaseline on his face, torso, arms and legs. 1976 N. Botham & P. Donnelly Valentino xiv. 107 Vaseline, and other hair-care applications, would experience a significant sales-boost. 1978 J. Irving World according to Garp xix. 410 The Vaseline made his ear slippery. b. The greenish-yellow colour of Vaseline as used in the manufacture of glass; glassware of this colour. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [noun] > greenish yellow olive yellow1829 oil-yellow1843 zinc yellow1847 oliveness1890 Vaseline1966 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > glass and glass-like materials > [noun] > glass > glass-work or glassware > types of murrhine1782 Waterford1783 crystalware1805 peloton glass1881 opal ware1894 Stiegel1906 Mary Gregory1959 Nailsea1961 Vaseline1966 1966 J. Laver Victoriana 168 The Victorians used a wide variety of colour in their glass—Bristol Blue..and the yellowy-green known as Vaseline. 1973 Washington Post 13 Jan. f1/7 (advt.) Old glassware, Red Mark Prussia, Ruby, Vaseline, [etc.]. 1975 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 26 Oct. 30/8 Vaseline is a greenish yellow glassware resembling its namesake. It dates from 1870 to the present day. 1980 Times 1 Nov. 24/7 Its shade is made of vaseline glass—a turn of the century technique which Christopher Wray has reintroduced. Derivatives ˈvaseline v. (transitive) to lubricate, rub, or anoint with Vaseline. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > perform general or industrial manufacturing processes [verb (transitive)] > treat or impregnate with specific substance sig1581 camphor1607 water1625 lixiviate1646 camphorate1651 lantifya1652 camphorize1736 liquor1743 bituminate1799 methylate1851 salt1857 poach1873 resinate1891 vaseline1891 the world > matter > constitution of matter > oiliness or greasiness > [verb (transitive)] > smear with unguent > specific nard1879 vaseline1891 society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with coating or covering materials > work with coating or covering materials [verb (transitive)] > coat or cover with other materials rosin1357 tallowa1400 oildreg?1440 overlute1527 mastica1538 flock1567 gum1612 betallow1638 begum1730 roset1773 soft-soap1833 French-chalk1870 brasque1880 vaseline1891 1891 Bicycling News Apr. 117 My machine is all vaselined and put away. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 19 Dec. 2/1 A gentle hand had washed and vaselined and bandaged the..little heels. 1934 V. M. Yeates Winged Victory ii. ix. 262 His neck was still sore with all yesterday's twisting to watch his tail. He ought to have vaselined it last night. 1938 F. Chester Shot Full xii. 114 A coloured man, his hair..vaselined to stick up. 1965 Malcolm X Autobiogr. iii. 55 He draped the towel around my shoulders, over my rubber apron, and began again vaselining my hair. 1983 Times 21 Apr. 14/6 ‘Have you Vaselined your nipples?’ asked a solicitor from Peckham. ˈvaselined adj. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > materials having undergone process > [adjective] > treated with specific substance lixiviated1646 salted1824 liquored1851 paraffined1869 paraffinized1888 fluorinated1892 vaselined1942 1942 R. W. Raven Surg. Care xviii. 138 A piece of vaselined-gauze should be placed lightly over the colostomy. 1977 Rolling Stone 16 June 39/1 Vaselined hair and a semidignified zoot suit. ˈvaselining n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > [noun] > processing > treating or impregnating with specific substance gassing1872 vaselining1921 1921 Librarian Nov. 74 The combination of vaselining and varnishing is the best thing for the text books. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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