Definition of Shark-liver oil

1. Noun. A fatty yellow to brown oil obtained from the livers of sharks; used for dressing leather and as a source of vitamin A.

Exact synonyms: Shark Oil
Generic synonyms: Animal Oil

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shark-liver Oil

sharia
sharia law
shariah
shariah law
shariahs
sharias
shariat
shariats
sharif
sharifian
sharifs
sharing
sharings
shark
shark-jumping
shark-liver oil (current term)
shark attack
shark bait
shark fin
shark fin soup
shark fin soups
shark fins
shark liver oil
shark oil
shark repellent
sharke
sharked
sharker
sharkers
sharkfin

Literary usage of Shark-liver oil

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chemical Technology, Or, Chemistry in Its Applications to Arts and Manufactures by Charles Edward Groves, William Thorp, Friedrich Ludwig Knapp, Thomas Richardson, Edmund Ronalds, Henry Watts, William Joseph Dibdin (1895)
"It is employed for burning in lamps as well as other purposes, and is said to be used for the adulteration of cod-liver oil. shark-liver oil.—Shark oil. ..."

2. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats, and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1904)
"Shark liver oil appears to be no longer used in this country ; at any rate it is not extracted ... 663) will contain varying quantities of shark liver oil. ..."

3. Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Proximate by Alfred Henry Allen, Henry Leffmann (1898)
"The author has examined a number of specimens of shark-liver oil which there is reason to believe genuine. Whilst throwing doubt on older statements, ..."

4. Papers on Paint and Varnish and the Materials Used in Their Manufacture by Henry Alfred Gardner (1920)
"In this paper the chemical constants are given for cod liver oil, dog fish liver oil, sand shark liver oil, and hammerhead shark liver oil, ..."

5. Waste Products and Undeveloped Substances: A Synopsis of Progress Made in by Peter Lund Simmonds (1873)
"In India shark-liver oil is prepared in the ports of Man- galore and ... stated that he had found shark-liver oil equally as efficacious as cod-liver oil, ..."

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