Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The trade-name of a residuum obtained after distilling off the lighter portions of petroleum.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A substance obtained from the residues of the distillation of petroleum, essentially the same as
vaseline , but of somewhat stiffer consistency, and consisting of a mixture of the higher paraffines; a kind of petroleum jelly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chemistry A
substance obtained from theresidues of thedistillation ofpetroleum , essentially the same asvaseline , but of somewhat stifferconsistency , and consisting of a mixture of the higherparaffins .
Etymologies
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Examples
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It was new (packed in cosmoline) when I came to own it some 40 years ago.
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It was new (packed in cosmoline) when I came to own it some 40 years ago.
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It was new (never seen service) and full of cosmoline (sp?) when I came to own it.
A Top-Notch Working Rifle: David Petzal Reviews the Montana Rifle Company Model 1999 Ridgeline 2009
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It was new (never seen service) and full of cosmoline (sp?) when I came to own it.
A Top-Notch Working Rifle: David Petzal Reviews the Montana Rifle Company Model 1999 Ridgeline 2009
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Inside the box was a never been fired, still in the cosmoline, Browning BAR. He said he tried calling me to see if I wanted it, but I didn't answer my phone.
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They may be old but they can't be worn -- they've been packed in cosmoline since the Eisenhower administration.
"Speaking of Japan my neighbor was in Japan and everywhere he went Japanese people yelled Yes We Can at him." Ann Althouse 2009
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They may be old but they can't be worn -- they've been packed in cosmoline since the Eisenhower administration.
"Speaking of Japan my neighbor was in Japan and everywhere he went Japanese people yelled Yes We Can at him." Ann Althouse 2009
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It was bran-spankin new, .. still full of cosmoline,. .and I mean full, .. barrel and the action.
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After the first swab I don't know if the patch had cosmoline or what on it but I kept cleaning and didn't get to shoot till next day.
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You can heat the cosmoline out of the stock, but the history is soaked in for good.
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