rock oil
Example Sentences
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But by fracking the rock, oil flowed from the shale.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2014
The oil mentioned in the next line, is that called the rock oil, petroleum, a black fetid mineral oil, good for bruises and sprains.
From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Camões, Luís de
His words are:— “Petroleum, rock oil, or what the Welsh call it, Ymenin tylwyth têg, or Fairies’ butter, has been found in the lime stone strata in our mineral country.
From Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales by Owen, Elias
Girl in Tranquilla convent that nun told me liked to smell rock oil.
From Ulysses by Joyce, James
There are likewise springs of rock oil or bitumen.
