bone oil


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bone oil

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(Elements & Compounds) a dark brown pungent oil, containing pyridine and hydrocarbons, obtained by the destructive distillation of bones
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Noun1.bone oil - the liquid portion of bone fat; used as a lubricant and in leather manufacture
animal oil - any oil obtained from animal substances
bone fat - fatty matter in bones extracted with solvents or by boiling or steaming; used chiefly in candles and cheap soaps and in lubricating greases
2.bone oil - dark-colored ill-smelling oil obtained by carbonizing bone; used especially in sheep dips and in denaturing alcohol
Dippel's oil
animal oil - any oil obtained from animal substances
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From such things as feet, knuckles, hide clippings, and sinews came such strange and unlikely products as gelatin, isinglass, and phosphorus, bone black, shoe blacking, and bone oil. They had curled-hair works for the cattle tails, and a "wool pullery" for the sheepskins; they made pepsin from the stomachs of the pigs, and albumen from the blood, and violin strings from the ill-smelling entrails.
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* Renardine, liquid containing bone oil, (01388) 772233).
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The meat, eggs, leather, bone oil and cornea of the bird are highly valuable.
PT CIN OSTRICH KINGDOM TO BREED OSTRICH IN MINAHASA

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