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Definition of Shark 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.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shark Oil
Literary usage of Shark oil
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1864)
"1-18 and 1-22 (Calvert). With alcoholic ammonia it forms a large quantity of
oleamide, melting at 82° (Rowney, J.pr. Chem. 67, 160). 4. Shark-oil. ..."
2. Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Proximate by Alfred Henry Allen, Henry Leffmann (1898)
"The shark oil known in commerce is chiefly obtained from the liver of the ...
shark oil has been largely employed in tanneries and as a substitute for ..."
3. Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Proximate by Alfred Henry Allen (1886)
"The shark oil known in commerce is chiefly obtained from the liver of the ...
shark oil has been largely employed in tanneries and as a substitute for ..."
4. Leather Industries Laboratory Book of Analytical and Experimental Methods by Henry Richardson Procter (1908)
"This lowers the saponification value, that of shark oil being about 160, and its
iodine value is also low, being about 115. The unsaponifiable alcohols of ..."
5. The Principles of Leather Manufacture by H[enry] R[ichardson] Procter (1903)
"shark oil has been employed in tanneries as a substitute for cod-liver oil, but,
... shark oil is characterised by the very notable proportion of ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"shark oil, obtained from the liver of various species of shark, is analogous in
... shark oil is distinguished from all others by its low specific gravity, ..."
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