Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A solid substance consisting of a mixture of hydrocarbons, obtained by distilling the petroleum of Rangoon: analogous to paraffin.
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Full details of the attack were although not available till now but according to the state Xinhua news agency two attackers drove one or two lorries into a police station, which mans boarder petrolin the far western city of Kashgar on the famous silk route, near the boarders with Kyrgyzstan and Pakistan.
Terrorists Attack Chinese Town Killing 16, Days Before Beijing Olympics 2008
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Thoroughly mix the powders, then add the petrolin, etc.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 Various
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