单词 | whale oil |
释义 | whale oiln. Oil obtained from whale blubber. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > extracted or refined oil > [adjective] > specific animal-derived oils whale oil1435 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > extracted or refined oil > [noun] > animal oil > whale oil whale oil1435 train1465 train oil1465 meat-oil1501 1435–6 in J. B. Heath Some Acct. Worshipful Company of Grocers (1869) 418 ii shippes of waloill, conteynyng xlviij.0 iii. v. oyll. c1580 in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1914) July 520 Whale oyles that come frome newfound Land. 1672 Act 25 Chas. II c. 7 §4 Noe English built Shipp..importing Whale oyle or Blubber or other Fish, Oyle. 1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 157 We have Oil of Camomile and Linseed..when Train or Whale-Oil is dear. 1896 W. T. Brannt Pract. Treat. Animal & Veg. Fats & Oils (ed. 2) II. 57 The pure whale oils, pale, brownish-yellow or brown. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1435 |
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