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Oleo

noun

A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter. Synonyms: margarin, margarine, marge, oleomargarine.

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... consolidari. Terrestres enim vermes, idest qui sub terra nascuntur, qui in longitudine et rotunditate lumbricis assimilantur, et apud quondam terrestres lumbrici dicuntur, accipiantur et aliquantulum conterantur et in oleo infusi ad ignem calefiant: et nullo alio mediante, ter vel quater, vel etiam pluries, si opportunum videbis, plagae impone. Si vero incidatur ex obliquo totus, minime consolidatur: praedicto tamen remedio non coadjuvante saepe conglutinatur. Potest etiam cuticula, quae supra nervum est, sui, pulvisque ...

— Gilbertus Anglicus - Medicine of the Thirteenth Century • Henry Ebenezer Handerson

... were permitted to wear it long. When a man disgraced himself, a shaving was sure to follow. Penalties were inflicted upon villains or vassals who sported ringlets. See the works of Aurelius Tonsor; Hirsutus de Nobilitate Capillari; Rolandus de Oleo Macassari; Schnurrbart; ...

— Burlesques • William Makepeace Thackeray

Words linked to "Oleo" : oleo oil, stick, paste, oil, margarin, vegetable oil, trans fatty acid, oleomargarine, spread, margarine