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Meanings of whale oil in inglés

ruso
китовый жир
portugués
óleo de baleia
español
saín
catalán
oli de balena

Oil obtained from the blubber of various species of whales.

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        Synonyms
        Examples for "train oil"
        Examples for "train oil"
        1
        The Greenlander detests turtle soup as much as we abominate train oil.
        The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 19,...
        2
        One is often asked whether seal's flesh does not taste of train oil.
        The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition...
        3
        She has had one dose of the cod-liver oil; it smells and tastes like train oil.
        The Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 2
        4
        We all know how they live upon whales, and have rare old vintages of prime old train oil.
        Moby Dick
        5
        It weakens you: it turns you into train oil: it is the doctor's friend, and the sick man's bane.
        White Lies
        Usage of whale oil in inglés
        1
        Before the discovery of petroleum, whale oil was generally used for lighting.
        Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year
        2
        The whale oil soap spray is the one to use.
        The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
        3
        Thence a large number of ships sail annually for Europe laden with whale oil.
        The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders
        4
        But you can't measure everything in barrels of whale oil.
        Four-Day Planet
        5
        We have no use for whale oil on this ship.
        Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of th...
        6
        They built and outfitted vessels, owned wharves and storehouses, made candles and sold whale oil.
        BBC
        7
        Germany was a huge purchaser of Norwegian whale oil.
        The charlemagne pursuit
        8
        Those States, as you know, depended before the war chiefly on their whale oil and fish.
        The Writings of Thomas Jefferson / Library Edition - Vol. 6 (of ...
        9
        As a boy, I blithely ate Stork margarine, unaware that I was munching on whale oil.
        The Guardian
        10
        I knew that, before the day of mineral oil-kerosene-peopleusedwhale oil almost altogether for lamps.
        Swept Out to Sea / Or, Clint Webb Among the Whalers
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        We do not need whale oil so much, because we have kerosene, gaslights, and electric lights.
        Stories of American Life and Adventure
        12
        What will they do with the whale oil?
        On a Torn-Away World; Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake
        13
        Ice-bleached bones and sled tracks, dog fur and slicks of green whale oil pitted the path.
        A Fortress of Grey Ice
        14
        Marble mermaids lit the way as Davos climbed, bowls of burning whale oil cradled in their arms.
        A Dance with Dragons
        15
        This is whale oil- anauseoussmelling compound.
        Further Adventures of Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason Corner Folks
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        Cetearyl alcohol This stuff was originally created by a chemical reaction between whale oil and cow fat.
        Wired
        Translations for whale oil
        portugués
        óleo de baleia