Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An oil obtained from the fruit of the Cocos nucifera, or cocoa-palm.
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Examples
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Over this strange scene flickered the dim light of cocoanut-oil lamps, and outside a shower beat softly against the trees, and the moon looked down at us whitely from a cloudy sky.
A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route Florence Kimball Russel
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Already the familiar perfume came floating over the waters -- that sweet blending of many odors, of cocoanut-oil and baking breadfruit, of jessamine and gardenia.
The Spinner's Book of Fiction Various
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The cocoanut-oil factories are very rough, primitive establishments, usually consisting of eight or ten posts supporting a nipa palm-leaf roof, and closed in at all sides with split bamboos.
The Philippine Islands John Foreman
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It will be observed that with the increase of coprah shipment, the export of cocoanut-oil has decreased.
The Philippine Islands John Foreman
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Saw-mills, iron foundries, chemicals, glass and soap works, shipbuilding yards and a cocoanut-oil factory in connexion with the soap-manufacture at Port Sunlight, England, are among the chief industrial establishments.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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In one corner was a bronze jar, Kenkenes examined it and found it contained cocoanut-oil for burning.
The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Elizabeth Miller
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In America cocoanut-oil or cocoa-butter has been freely used.
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At night the market-place is lighted up by tiny rush lights, burning cocoanut-oil or _petrolia_.
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As the big bronze bells up in the belfry tolled the hour the auditorium was filled with worshipers -- women in flapping slippers and black veils; girls smelling of cheap perfumery and cocoanut-oil, in their stiff gauze dresses with the butterfly sleeves; barefooted boys and young men redolent of cigarettes and musk.
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The village had turned out in holiday attire, as the dense atmosphere of cocoanut-oil and perfumery proclaimed.
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