paraffine

American  

[par-uh-fin, -feen] / ˈpær ə fɪn, -ˌfin /

noun

1. paraffin.

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Example Sentences

I opened the paraffine candles, poured out half a glass, and demolished the celery and peaches.

From The Other Fellow by Smith, Francis Hopkinson

That of the oils used, viz., olive sperm, neat's-foot, and paraffine, the samples of paraffine oil on copper was least affected, and that sperm was next in order of inaction.

From Friction, Lubrication and the Lubricants in Horology by Lewis, William T.

They may be dipped in melted paraffine, which will keep them perfectly dry, and when the protecting wax is removed they will be in first class condition.

From Woodcraft by Kreps, E. H. (Elmer Harry)

He cut her piece and pulled out something wrapped in paraffine paper which proved to be a shining gold dollar.

From Those Dale Girls by Carruth, Frank Weston

To preserve truffles left over in an opened can, drain them from the liquor and roll them in melted paraffine or in melted suet.

From The Century Cook Book by Ronald, Mary