Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
oil of rose (which see, underoil ).
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Examples
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The scent of rose-oil perfumed the air as if a woman had recently left.
The Falcons of Montabard Chadwick, Elizabeth 2004
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Gold necklaces, inlaid daggers, tunics of silk from Babylon, rose-oil from Rhodes; the dancers throwing flowers; the bard, lest you should miss the compliment, singing it again in Greek.
The King Must Die Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1958
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Belvidearis what I used to dress and titivate up for my shop window when I was in the hairdressing line, or smell quite so elegant as our rose-oil.
Burlesques William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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It DID break too, and down I came into the slush; and when I got out of it, I can tell you I didn’t look much like the Venuses or the Apollor Belvidearis what I used to dress and titivate up for my shop window when I was in the hairdressing line, or smell quite so elegant as our rose-oil.
Cox's Diary 2006
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It DID break too, and down I came into the slush; and when I got out of it, I can tell you I didn’t look much like the Venuses or the Apollor Belvidearis what I used to dress and titivate up for my shop window when I was in the hairdressing line, or smell quite so elegant as our rose-oil.
Burlesques 2006
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