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boiled oil

noun

, Chemistry.
  1. any oil, as linseed oil, heated together with driers to improve its drying properties.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of boiled oil1

First recorded in 1855–60
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Example Sentences

He prepared a boiled oil of hyoscyamus, or henbane, in the usual way, with common oil.

Use equal parts of boiled oil, white lead, pipe clay and black oxide of manganese, and form it into a paste.

The resinates of lead and manganese are often added to oil heated at a lower temperature, to obtain a boiled oil of lighter color.

They were ground in a vehicle composed of two parts of raw linseed oil and one part of pure boiled oil.

I consider heated "boiled oil" and red lead the best primer for iron.

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