animal oil
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The accumulations of viscid wax may be softened by dropping some animal oil into the ear, and then removing it by ejecting warm soap suds a few hours subsequent to the use of the oil.
From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Calvin Cutter
Sometimes she made a dressing out of animal oil, beaten to a cream; and it was better than lettuce salad.
From The Sky Line of Spruce by Edison Marshall
The lamp consists of a crescent-shaped stone with a concavity, in which there is animal oil and a line of crushed moss as a wick.
From My Attainment of the Pole by Frederick A. Cook
It differs essentially from the other kind of animal oil, by containing an alkali instead of an acid.
From Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry by Joseph Priestley
We also got from these people a considerable quantity of very good animal oil, which they had reserved in bladders.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 by Robert Kerr
