rape oiln.
/ˈreɪp ɔɪl/, U.S. /ˈreɪp ˌɔɪl/ A thick brownish-yellow oil obtained from rapeseed, used as a lubricant and in the manufacture of biofuel, foodstuffs, soap, and synthetic rubber.
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oil de baya1398
oil roseta1400
alkitranc1400
laurinec1400
oil of spicac1400
seed oil1400
rape oil1420
nut-oil?c1425
masticine?1440
oil de rose?1440
oil of myrtine?a1450
gingellya1544
rose oil1552
alchitrean1562
oil of spike1577
oil of ben1594
myrtle oil1601
sesamus1601
sampsuchine1616
oil of walnuts1622
rape1641
oil of rhodium1649
rapeseed oil1652
neroli1676
oil of mace1681
spirit of scurvy-grass1682
beech-oil1716
poppy oil1737
castor oil1746
oil of sassafras1753
orange-peel oil1757
wood-oil1759
bergamot1766
sunflower oil1768
Russia oil1773
oil castor1779
tung-yu1788
poppy-seed oil1799
cocoa butter1801
sassafras oil1801
phulwara1805
oil of wine1807
grass oil1827
oil of marjoram1829
cajuput oil1832
essence of mustarda1834
picamar1835
spurge oil1836
oenanthic ether1837
tea oil1837
capnomor1838
cinnamon-oil1838
oil of mustard1838
orange-flower oil1838
resinein1841
mustard oil1844
myrrhol1845
styrol1845
oenanthol1847
shea butter1847
wintergreen1847
gaultheria oil1848
ginger-grass oil.1849
nutmeg oil1849
pine oil1849
peppermint oil1850
cocoa fat1851
orange oil1853
neem oil1856
poonga oil1857
xanthoxylene1857
crab-oil1858
illupi oil1858
Shanghai oil1861
stand oil1862
mustard-seed oil1863
carap oilc1865
cocum butter or oilc1865
Kurung oil1866
muduga oil1866
pichurim oil1866
serpolet1866
sumbul oil1868
sesame oil1870
niger oil1872
summer yellow1872
olibene1873
patchouli oil1875
pilocarpene1876
styrolene1881
tung oil1881
becuiba tallow1884
soy oil1884
tea-seed oil1884
eucalyptus1885
sage oil1888
hop-oil1889
cotton-seed oil1891
lemon oil1896
palmarosa oil1897
illipe butter1904
hydnocarpus oil1905
tung1911
niger seed oil1917
sun oil1937
vanaspati1949
fennel oil-
1420–1 in N. S. B. Gras Early Eng. Customs Syst. (1918) 504 (MED) De Wolfardo Alardesson pro vii barellis rape oile.
1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 179 There be three sorts of wilde Turneps; one our common Rape, which beareth the seed whereof is made rape oile.
1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 861 Rape oyle that is used in Lampes and therefore called Lampe Oyle.
1670 C. Merret Accomplisht Physician 67 Thickned with the Common Electuary Lenitive, Rape Oyle and Brown Sugar.
1723 J. Nott Cook's & Confectioner's Dict. sig. Kk3v Fry it [sc. a sturgeon] in four Gallons of Rape-Oil clarified.
1766 Museum Rusticum 6 272 The uses, to which the rape-oil cakes are applied for the feeding of cattle.
1804 Lit. Mag. Dec. 687/2 Purified tar should be more inspissated than if used by itself, and a due proportion of tallow, suet, whale-oil, rape-oil, or other fixed oil, be mixed with the tar.
1866 Public Ledger 10 Jan. 3/2 Rape-oil is only in limited request.
1913 V. B. Lewes Oil Fuel vi. 177 The number of seconds taken by the oil to flow up to the 50 c.c. mark on the flask is noted, and the results brought into comparison with the viscosity of rape oil, that being the oil with which the apparatus is standardised.
1937 A. F. Hill Econ. Bot. ix. 218 Cold-pressed rape oil is also edible.
2005 Scotsman (Nexis) 2 Aug. 22 Rape oil has the potential to be used as a biodiesel fuel, either in..generating situations, or in diesel engines for transport use.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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