lard oil

noun

1. a colorless or yellowish oil expressed from lard, used chiefly as a lubricant for cutting tools.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lard oil¹

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

The corridor of the Verizon Center and the Shakespeare Theater was once the place to buy lace, lard oil, animal feed, sewing machines and “segars.”

From Washington Post

An investigation found that the company had sold 782 tonnes of tainted oil, collected from cookers and grease traps, mixed with lard oil to customers.

From BBC

The name is a Melville reference, of sorts — as whale oil declined as a lighting source in the 1840s, one substitute was lard oil from hogs, or “prairie whales.”

From New York Times

In extreme weather remember that on exposed engines the oil, if of such quality as sperm or lard oil, may freeze and prevent feeding until the bearings get hot and melt the oil.

From Project Gutenberg

Paint, made of lampblack, to which a little spirits of turpentine is first added, and then diluted with linseed or lard oil, is also used.

From Project Gutenberg