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Definition of Cosmolines
1. cosmoline [v] - See also: cosmoline
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cosmolines
Literary usage of Cosmolines
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1903)
"We next took up the composition of the mixtures that form the vaselines and
cosmolines. The refiner makes a sharp distinction between crystallizable and ..."
2. Therapeutics: its principles and practice by Horatio C. Wood (1906)
"All the cosmolines are insoluble in water, do not become rancid, are free from
irritating properties, and act mechanically on the skin like fats. ..."
3. Essentials of refraction and the diseases of the eye by Edward Jackson (1894)
"May be used with the atomizer and applied to the nasal mucous membrane as a
protective. Besides the abov'e, certain of the bleached-fluid cosmolines or ..."
4. Lippincott's Medical dictionary: A Complete Vocabulary of the Terms Used in by Ryland W. Greene, Joseph Thomas (1906)
"A trade name for a fat-like substance obtained from petroleum. There are also
liquid cosmolines. ..."
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