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Definition of Drying oil
1. Noun. An oil that hardens in air due to oxidation and is often used as a paint or varnish base.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drying Oil
Literary usage of Drying oil
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Outlines of Industrial Chemistry: A Text-book for Students by Frank Hall Thorp, Charles D. Demond (1905)
"It is a poor drying oil, but is used in paint and as an adulterant for linseed oil
... Poppy oil is a good drying oil, obtained from the seeds of the poppy, ..."
2. Physiological chemistry: A Text-book and Manual for Students by Albert Prescott Mathews (1916)
"The first are used in painting, and linseed oil is a typical, and probably the
most valuable, drying oil; while cottonseed oil dries very much more slowly, ..."
3. Elements of chemistry including the recent discoveries and doctrines of the by Edward Turner, Franklin Bache (1841)
"The oil or varnish for printer's ink is made by boiling drying oil till it acquires
the ... It has the properties of drying oil in the highest degree. ..."
4. American Druggist (1891)
"... recommends the following pro- • cedure: 0.3 Gm. of anon-drying oil, or 0
2Gm.of a drying oil, is weighed out and dissolved in 18 to 20 Cc. ..."
5. Notes on Building Construction: Arranged to Meet the Requirements of the by Henry Fidler, Great Britain Dept. of Science and Art (1889)
"Dark drying oil may be made from the following ingredients :— 1 gallon linseed oil.
1 Ib. red lead. 1 Ib. umber. 1 Ib. litharge. The linseed oil is heated ..."
6. The Examination of Hydrocarbon Oils and of Saponifiable Fats and Waxes by David Holde (1915)
"The semi-drying oils require 7-10 days for drying; rape oil which is between a
semi-drying and a non-drying oil, gets very viscous and sticky after 12 days. ..."
7. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1899)
"It cannot be regarded as a drying oil, as it loses slightly in weight after
exposure to the air for a month. After that time, the weight appears perfectly ..."
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