Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pharmacy, a trituration of 1 part of a volatile oil with 30 parts of sugar. Also called
elæosaccharum and oleosaccharum.
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Examples
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Lightly whisk the eggs and fold it into the oil-sugar mix.
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If at this moment the oil-sugar price ratio were what it was in 1959 or 1960, our difficulties would be considerably smaller because with 1 million tons of sugar we could practically buy the essential amount of oil we need under these circumstances.
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If at this moment the oil-sugar price ratio were what it was in 1959 or 1960, our difficulties would be considerably smaller because with 1 million tons of sugar we could practically buy the essential amount of oil we need under these circumstances.
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If at this moment the oil-sugar price ratio were what it was in 1959 or 1960, our difficulties would be considerably smaller because with 1 million tons of sugar we could practically buy the essential amount of oil we need under these circumstances.
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Stir the flour mixture into the oil-sugar mixture until blended.
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Stir the flour mixture into the oil-sugar mixture until blended.
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