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Definition of sperm oil in English: sperm oilnoun mass nounAn oil found with spermaceti in the head of the sperm whale, used formerly as a lubricant. Example sentencesExamples - But then, Melville goes on to proclaim that the sweetest oil of all, is pure unadulterated sperm oil - the ‘ointment of kings’, and so on.
- Upon his return from his whaling voyages, his ships were laden with typical whaling ship cargo like sperm oil and whalebone.
- In a famous passage, he squeezes the hands of his fellow labourers in a tub of lumpy sperm oil, which they are kneading back to its proper, fluid consistency.
- This carbon oil replaced coal oil used in lamps, made from coal, and sperm oil which was becoming scarce.
- Wallace & Diller's Drug and Chemical Store had just received a fresh supply of sperm oil, fishing rods, and French cologne.
- Carrying out the ruse that the Catalpa's mission was one of whaling, Anthony's men offloaded 210 barrels of sperm oil, a catch worth over $12,000, at the Azores in late October 1875.
- Progressive increases in population, number of registered vessels, and annual barrels of imported sperm oil signify the port's growth and its expanding role in international commerce.
Definition of sperm oil in US English: sperm oilnounˈspərm ˌoil An oil found with spermaceti in the head of the sperm whale, used formerly as a lubricant. Example sentencesExamples - In a famous passage, he squeezes the hands of his fellow labourers in a tub of lumpy sperm oil, which they are kneading back to its proper, fluid consistency.
- Progressive increases in population, number of registered vessels, and annual barrels of imported sperm oil signify the port's growth and its expanding role in international commerce.
- Upon his return from his whaling voyages, his ships were laden with typical whaling ship cargo like sperm oil and whalebone.
- But then, Melville goes on to proclaim that the sweetest oil of all, is pure unadulterated sperm oil - the ‘ointment of kings’, and so on.
- Wallace & Diller's Drug and Chemical Store had just received a fresh supply of sperm oil, fishing rods, and French cologne.
- This carbon oil replaced coal oil used in lamps, made from coal, and sperm oil which was becoming scarce.
- Carrying out the ruse that the Catalpa's mission was one of whaling, Anthony's men offloaded 210 barrels of sperm oil, a catch worth over $12,000, at the Azores in late October 1875.
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