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drying oil
an oil that hardens in air due to oxidation and is often used as a paint or varnish base
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blubber
an insulating layer of fat under the skin of whales and other large marine mammals; used as a source of oil
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Dippel's oil, bone oil
dark-colored ill-smelling oil obtained by carbonizing bone; used especially in sheep dips and in denaturing alcohol
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bone oil
the liquid portion of bone fat; used as a lubricant and in leather manufacture
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cod liver oil, cod-liver oil
an oil obtained from the livers of cod and similar fishes; taken orally as a source of vitamins A and D
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lanolin, wool fat, wool grease
a yellow viscous animal oil extracted from wool; a mixture of fatty acids and esters; used in some ointments and cosmetics
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fish oil, fish-liver oil
a fatty oil obtained from the livers of various fish
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acylglycerol, glyceride
an ester of glycerol and fatty acids that occurs naturally as fats and fatty oils
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goose grease
grease derived from geese
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halibut-liver oil
a fatty oil from halibut livers that is used as a source of vitamin A
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lard oil
oil consisting chiefly of olein that is expressed from lard and used especially as a lubricant, cutting oil or illuminant
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menhaden oil
a fatty oil obtained from the menhaden fish and used in paint and ink and in treating leather
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neat's-foot oil
a pale yellow oil made from the feet and legs of cattle; used as a dressing for leather
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oleo oil
obtained from beef fat; used in making margarine and soap and in lubrication
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porpoise oil
a yellow fatty oil obtained from porpoises and used as a fine lubricant
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dolphin oil
an unsaturated fatty oil obtained from dolphins and used as a fine lubricant
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salmon oil
a fatty oil obtained from the wastes in canning salmon; used in making soap and dressing leather
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sardine oil
oil obtained from sardines and used chiefly as a lubricant and in soap
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seal oil
a pale yellow to red-brown fatty oil obtained from seal blubber; used in making soap and dressing leather and as a lubricant
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shark oil, shark-liver oil
a fatty yellow to brown oil obtained from the livers of sharks; used for dressing leather and as a source of vitamin A
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sperm oil
an animal oil found in the blubber of the sperm whale
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tallow
obtained from suet and used in making soap, candles and lubricants
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tallow oil
an animal oil obtained by pressing tallow; used as a lubricant
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train oil, whale oil
a white to brown oil obtained from whale blubber; formerly used as an illuminant
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wool oil
any oil used to oil wool before spinning
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beef tallow
tallow obtained from a bovine animal
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cod oil
an inferior cod-liver oil that is used in leather manufacturing
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dubbin
tallow mixed with oil; used to make leather soft and waterproof
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triglyceride
glyceride occurring naturally in animal and vegetable tissues; it consists of three individual fatty acids bound together in a single large molecule; an important energy source forming much of the fat stored by the body
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mutton tallow
tallow from the body of a mature sheep
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tuna oil
an oil obtained from tuna