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ˈtrain ˈoil, ˈtrain-oil
[f. train n.3 + oil.]
Oil obtained by boiling from the blubber of whales, esp. of the right whale; formerly also applied to that obtained from seals, and from various fishes.
c1553Chancelour in Hakluyt Voy. (1886) III. 40 They haue much oyle which wee call treine oyle. 1591G. Fletcher Russe Commw. (Hakl. Soc.) 11 An other..principall commoditie is their trane oyle, drawen out of the seal fish. 1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 229 Of the fat [of the tunny] is made Traine-oile for Clothiers. 1712A. van Leeuwenhoek in Phil. Trans. XXVII. 446 The Fat of a Whale,..out of which we boil the Train-Oyl. 1823J. Badcock Dom. Amusem. 151 Soft Soap is made of train oil and a little tallow. 1865Parkman Champlain ii. (1875) 210 Seeking..the more modest gains of codfish and train-oil.
attrib.1842Browning Pied Piper vii, A drawing the corks of train-oil-flasks. 1865G. Macdonald A. Forbes 18 Candles or train-oil lamps were burning in most..houses. |