Definitions
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- noun Petroleum jelly (now sold by Unilever) under the trade name
Vaseline . - noun Any
petroleum jelly or similarlubricant . - noun A greenish-yellow coloured
glass , or the colouring used in the manufacture of this glass. - verb To
lubricate with vaseline.
Etymologies
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Examples
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These will take a spark and ignite very easily, and they burn brightly for several minutes as the vaseline is re-liquified and consumed (like a large candle).
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You're better off soaking cotton balls in vaseline and using that as tinder.
Would putting smokeless gun powder in a water proof match container make good fire starter. 2009
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Yes | No | Report from hengst wrote 1 week 6 days ago cover it in vaseline and it will back out ...
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These will take a spark and ignite very easily, and they burn brightly for several minutes as the vaseline is re-liquified and consumed (like a large candle).
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You're better off soaking cotton balls in vaseline and using that as tinder.
Would putting smokeless gun powder in a water proof match container make good fire starter. 2009
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Yes | No | Report from hengst wrote 1 week 6 days ago cover it in vaseline and it will back out ...
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The threads are sterilized in vaseline and kept heavily coated with it during the suture, thus preventing the wounded tissue and the foreign material from coming into actual contact with the blood.
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You would be better off with a magnesium fire starter, and a sandwich bag full of cotton balls soaked in vaseline.
Would putting smokeless gun powder in a water proof match container make good fire starter. 2009
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You would be better off with a magnesium fire starter, and a sandwich bag full of cotton balls soaked in vaseline.
Would putting smokeless gun powder in a water proof match container make good fire starter. 2009
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As for the care of tools during vacation, they should be smeared with vaseline, which is cheap, and put away out of the dampness.
Handwork in Wood William Noyes
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