Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A substance made from beef suet and cotton-seed oil.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A product from cotton-seed, used as lard.
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- noun dated A product from
cottonseed , used aslard .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Another recipe for corn bread is: To one cup of wheat flour, add two cups of corn flour; two eggs; one heaping teaspoonful butter or cottolene; one heaping teaspoonful baking powder; one pinch soda, a scant fourth teaspoonful; one-half teaspoonful salt.
Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency R. L. Alsaker
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Do not use dirty vessels of any kind -- molasses, cottolene, and lard barrels are the best.
From Captivity to Fame or The Life of George Washington Carver Raleigh Howard Merritt 1929
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The development of factories to make cotton fabrics and to utilize the formerly wasted cotton seed by turning it into meal for cattle and other animals, as well as into the various food products, such as cotton-seed oil, cottolene, etc., has stimulated the use of the waste land around these budding factory centers, thus tending to encourage intensive use of small, well-located tracts.
Three Acres and Liberty Bolton Hall 1896
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Cotton seed and its products, to include meal, meal cake, oil, and cottolene.
A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 9, part 1: Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Harrison 1867
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