goose grease

American  

noun

1. the melted fat of the goose, used in domestic medicine as an ointment.

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Etymology

Origin of goose grease

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

Example Sentences

The boys rowed into the wind dressed in sweat shirts, their legs slathered in goose grease.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

“Reshi? Would you get me some goose grease, garlic, mustard Do we have any of those green things that smell like onions but aren’t?”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

Or, “Beetle, I am taking the comfrey tonic to Joan At-the-Bridge. See you finish boiling the goose grease for ointments.”

From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman

But he made a meal, and we thought to skim the goose grease off the top of the water.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

Treatment.—Emetics such as warm mustard water, warm salt water, goose grease, vaselin, lard, etc.; strong coffee, brandy; heat to extremities, artificial respiration.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson