Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An oil obtained from walnuts.
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Examples
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This use of the nut-oil is certainly an antiquated custom among the people of this region, whilst those contiguous to Liberia have recently learned that the kernels could be put to commercial use, by the discovery or rather practical application by Mr. Herron, of Grand Bassa, Liberia, and subsequent demand by the French traders.
Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party Martin Robinson Delany
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Take 1/2 gall. of skimmed milk, 6 ozs. of lime newly slaked, 4 ozs. of poppy, linseed, or nut-oil, and 3 lbs. of
Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets Daniel Young
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Mix all well, make the mixture into little rolls 3 inches long, brush them over with a pastry brush dipped in Allinson nut-oil or hot butter and bake them on a floured tin until brown, which will take from 10 to 20 minutes.
Dr. Allinson's cookery book Comprising many valuable vegetarian recipes
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I am sorry to add that these most amusing little bearded fish were dropped all alive into the boiling nut-oil.
Two Summers in Guyenne Edward Harrison Barker 1885
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The best part of our meal must not be forgotten; it was salad, fresh-plucked from the little garden enclosed by a paling, well mixed with nut-oil, wine-vinegar, and salt.
Two Summers in Guyenne Edward Harrison Barker 1885
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In order to prevent birdlime from being congealed by cold it should be mixed with a little oil of petroleum; and, indeed, before the common kind can be used at all it must be melted over the fire with a third part of nut-oil or any thin grease, if that has not been added in the preparation.
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Wilson says that the oil which is obtained from hazel-nuts by pressure is little inferior to that of almonds; and under the name of nut-oil is often preferred by painters, on account of its drying more readily than any other of the same quality.
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Having made experiments with many things, both pure and mixed together, he at last found that linseed-oil and nut-oil, among the many which he had tested, were more drying than all the rest.
On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature John Ruskin 1859
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And now I am upon the subject of these nuts, it may not be improper to remark, that a very great benefit might be made of nut-oil in this colony.
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Through a hole at the top of the globe issues a wick which passes through a sort of reed of brass, drawing the nut-oil held in the globe through its own length coiled like a tape-worm in a surgeon's phial.
Beatrix Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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