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train oil
noun
- oil obtained from the blubber of whales or from seals, walruses, or other marine animals.
train oil
noun
- oil obtained from the blubber of various marine animals, esp the whale
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Word History and Origins
Origin of train oil1
1545–55; earlier trane < Dutch traan train oil, tear; cognate with German Träne tear
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Word History and Origins
Origin of train oil1
C16: from earlier train or trane , from Middle Low German trān or Middle Dutch traen tear, exudation
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Example Sentences
After a sufficient time in the salt water, he took it out and rubbed it with chamois and train-oil for hours.
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The sale of their wives is by no means uncommon, for a little train oil, or other paltry considerations.
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Nothing now remains but to sail homewards, where the fat is to be boiled, and melted down into train oil.
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For want of the requisite vessels only an inconsiderable quantity of the train-oil, which these animals contain, is collected.
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Then they ate fish-meal with train-oil instead of butter, and for a second course toasted bread and blubber.
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