DIPPEL'S OIL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Dark-colored ill-smelling oil obtained by carbonizing bone; used especially in sheep dips and in denaturing alcohol

Synonyms:

bone oil; Dippel's oil

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("Dippel's oil" is a kind of...):

animal oil (any oil obtained from animal substances)

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