Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An oil expressed from hogs' lard.
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Examples
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The polishing is done by means of hard, wooden rubbers, provided with a plentiful supply of lard-oil and emery.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 Various
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Until he was seven he had been allowed a bit of glimmer, a tiny wick floating in a silver dish of lard-oil, for a night-light.
Long Live the King! Mary Roberts Rinehart 1917
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The flaring light of two lard-oil torches brought out the peculiarities of the queer crowd in fantastic prominence.
The Uncalled A Novel Paul Laurence Dunbar 1889
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This street and the water-front were lighted -- twilighted -- with lard-oil lamps; the rest of the place was dark.
Kincaid's Battery George Washington Cable 1884
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It will be readily conceded that the days of all other portable or table light, including lard-oil, are numbered.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 420 Volume 17, New Series, January 17, 1852 Various 1836
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