| 单词 | pitch-oil |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspitch-oil pitch-oil n. (a) [compare Hellenistic Greek πισσέλαιον] turpentine (rare); (b) originally and chiefly Caribbean, kerosene, paraffin. ΚΠ 1861 J. W. Salter in Geologist June 233 The only uses that I know of for creasote are curing ham and toothache; for the fluid used for ‘creasoting’ timber is not creasote, but pitch-oil. 1936 Osiris 2 395 πισσέλαιον, pitch-oil, or turpentine. 1955 I. McDonald in Bim June 91 Lit by one pitchoil lamp or two. 1990 Summary of World Broadcasts Pt. 3: Far East (B.B.C.) (Nexis) 14 Nov. FE/W0154/A/1 The increase was credited chiefly to brisk imports of crude and pitch oil from Vietnam. 2000 R. Antoni in N. Hopkinson Whispers from Cotton Tree Root 232 He doused the money with pitchoil and touched he cigar to it, and that was that! < as lemmas |
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