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óleo de baleia
Catalan
oli de balena
Oil obtained from the blubber of various species of whales.
whale oil
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óleo de baleia
1
The Greenlander detests turtle soup as much as we abominate
train
oil
.
2
One is often asked whether seal's flesh does not taste of
train
oil
.
3
She has had one dose of the cod-liver oil; it smells and tastes like
train
oil
.
4
We all know how they live upon whales, and have rare old vintages of prime old
train
oil
.
5
It weakens you: it turns you into
train
oil
:
it is the doctor's friend, and the sick man's bane.
6
A puff of red-hot air flavoured with lemon peelings, soft-coal smoke and
train
oil
came in through the half-open windows.
7
Certainly it cannot be olive oil, nor macassar oil, nor castor oil, nor bear's oil, nor
train
oil
,
nor cod-liver oil.
8
The eggs of the loom are palatable, and the flesh is excellent, though not quite free from the flavour of
train
oil
.
9
If the beast affected is full grown, administer one English pint of
train
oil
,
and smaller doses in proportion to the age.
10
The worst part of the business was when we were nearly starving and had to live on rotten yams and
train
oil
.
11
So the mollys took Tom up on their backs, and flew off with him, laughing and joking-andoh, how they did smell of
train
oil
!
12
The product of the whale fishery in that year was 1,485,000 gallons of sperm oil, 2,065,612 gallons of
train
oil
,
and 901,000 pounds of whalebone.
13
'Why, make
train
oil
,
to be sure,' said Ernest.
14
"That will help to keep life in us; though
train
oil
was never much to my fancy."
Portuguese
óleo de baleia
Catalan
oli de balena