Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A trade-name for all liquid products distilled from petroleum which are used for illuminating purposes.
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(c. 1510-1590), remembered especially for the use of the ligature in amputations and the abandonment of the burning-oil treatment of wounds, held a position as a surgeon for the French army.
Medicine in Virginia, 1607-1699 Thomas Proctor Hughes
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