macassar oil

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun See oil.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun A kind of oil formerly used in dressing the hair; -- so called because originally obtained from Macassar, a district of the Island of Celebes. Also, an imitation of the same, of perfumed castor oil and olive oil. Cf. antimacassar.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun An oil, from the ylang-ylang tree, once used to smooth the hair.