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Train oil

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Noun
  1. 1
    Oil obtained from the blubber of marine mammals, especially whale oil. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a white to brown oil obtained from whale blubber; formerly used as an illuminant wordnet

Etymology

From train (“train oil”) + oil, partial calque of Dutch traanolie (“whale oil”). See further etymology at train.

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