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Definition of Seal oil
1. Noun. A pale yellow to red-brown fatty oil obtained from seal blubber; used in making soap and dressing leather and as a lubricant.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Seal Oil
Literary usage of Seal oil
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Seal and Salmon Fisheries and General Resources of Alaska by David Starr Jordan, Henry Wood Elliott, Washburn Maynard, Sheldon Jackson, William Gouverneur Morris, Ivan Petroff, Charles Haskins Townsend, Frederick William True, John J. Brice, Leonhard Stejneger (1898)
"CONDITION OF THE FUR-seal oil MARKET.—When among the seal- oil dealers in New
York City during the month of May in 1876,1 took these notes with me and ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1903)
"A mixture of equal parts of Norwegian cod-liver oil and refined seal oil passes
the test readily. seal oil can, however, be easily detected in another way. ..."
3. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats, and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1904)
"Italian—Olio rli foca. For tables of constants see pp. 673, 674. seal oil is the
oil obtained from the blubber of the various species of the seal, ..."
4. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines by Andrew Ure (1858)
"The chief market for seal oil and skins has hitherto been Great Britain and ...
This year, for the first time, a new market for seal oil has been opened in ..."
5. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Containing a Clear Exposition by Andrew Ure (1853)
"The oil made by this process is all cold-drawn ; no artificial heat is applied
in any way, which accounts for the unpleasant smell of seal oil. ..."
6. The American Petroleum Industry by Raymond Foss Bacon, William Allen Hamor (1916)
""Mineral seal oil."—A term which is applied to an oil of the gravity 38.5° to
39°B6., adapted for lighthouse and locomotive lights. ..."
7. The American Petroleum Industry by Raymond Foss Bacon, William Allen Hamor (1916)
""Mineral seal oil."—A term which is applied to an oil of the gravity 38.5° to
39°B6., adapted for lighthouse and locomotive lights. ..."
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