Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A substance prepared from animal fat with some other ingredients intermixed, as an imitation of butter.
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- noun A substance prepared from animal fat with some other ingredients intermixed, as an imitation of butter.
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Examples
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It is surprising to discover that by 1902, the term butterine was still in use by many manufactures whereas a pound of real butter sold from 20 to 25 cents, Butterine was available for 15 to 18 cents a pound.
Fooling Around with Fatty Acids ~~louise~~ 2008
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It is surprising to discover that by 1902, the term butterine was still in use by many manufactures whereas a pound of real butter sold from 20 to 25 cents, Butterine was available for 15 to 18 cents a pound.
Archive 2008-07-01 ~~louise~~ 2008
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These are all made from animal fat, chiefly that of beef, and are known as butterine, oleomargarine, and by other trade names.
A Practical Physiology Albert F. Blaisdell
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Many margarine companies continued to call themselves "butterine" companies.
Fooling Around with Fatty Acids ~~louise~~ 2008
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Many margarine companies continued to call themselves "butterine" companies.
Archive 2008-07-01 ~~louise~~ 2008
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There are numbers of substitutes for these, such as butterine, oleomargarine and "lard compounds."
The Story of Crisco Marion Harris Neil
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Butter producers objected and by virtue of the Margarine Act of 1886, the term margarine became the official "legal" term rather than butterine.
Fooling Around with Fatty Acids ~~louise~~ 2008
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Men drove spades into the butterine which was 40 percent oleo oil, some cotton-seed oil, and questionably the rest was milk.
Archive 2008-07-01 ~~louise~~ 2008
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Men drove spades into the butterine which was 40 percent oleo oil, some cotton-seed oil, and questionably the rest was milk.
Fooling Around with Fatty Acids ~~louise~~ 2008
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As a matter of fact, when margarine was first introduced in England, it was called butterine.
Fooling Around with Fatty Acids ~~louise~~ 2008
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