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Значения термина train oil на английском

португальский
óleo de baleia
каталонский
oli de balena

Oil obtained from the blubber of various species of whales.

        óleo de baleia
        Синонимы
        Examples for "whale oil"
        Examples for "whale oil"
        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...
        Использование термина train oil на английском
        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
        6
        A puff of red-hot air flavoured with lemon peelings, soft-coal smoke and train oil came in through the half-open windows.
        Whirligigs
        7
        Certainly it cannot be olive oil, nor macassar oil, nor castor oil, nor bear's oil, nor train oil, nor cod-liver oil.
        Moby Dick
        8
        The eggs of the loom are palatable, and the flesh is excellent, though not quite free from the flavour of train oil.
        The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volum...
        9
        If the beast affected is full grown, administer one English pint of train oil, and smaller doses in proportion to the age.
        Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets / Or, A ...
        10
        The worst part of the business was when we were nearly starving and had to live on rotten yams and train oil.
        The Three Admirals
        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!
        The Water-Babies
        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.
        The Earth as Modified by Human Action
        13
        'Why, make train oil, to be sure,' said Ernest.
        Swiss Family Robinson
        14
        "That will help to keep life in us; though train oil was never much to my fancy."
        The South Sea Whaler
        Translations for train oil
        португальский
        óleo de baleia
        каталонский
        oli de balena