ˈrape-oil
[f. rape n.5 Cf. Du. raapolie.]
A thick brownish-yellow oil expressed from rapeseed, used chiefly for lubricating and in the manufacture of soap and india-rubber.
| 1545 Bk. of Values, Rape oyle the last, viiil. 1597 Gerarde Herbal ii. ii. 179 There be three sorts of wilde Turneps; one our common Rape which beareth the seed whereof is made rape-oil. 1640 Parkinson Herbal 861 Rape oyle that is used in Lampes and therefore called Lampe Oyle. 1712 tr. Pomet's Hist. Drugs I. 10 Rape-Oil is sweet, and on the contrary the Linseed bitter. 1723 J. Nott Cook's & Confectioner's Dict. sig. Kk3v Fry it [sc. a sturgeon] in four Gallons of Rape-oil clarified. 1839 H. T. De la Beche Rep. Geol. Cornwall xv. 601 The undermentioned articles are included under the head of Materials and Water-cost..Coals..Rape-oil..Books and Stationery. 1866 Public Ledger 10 Jan. 3/2 Rape-oil is only in limited request. 1913 V. B. Lewes Oil Fuel vi. 177 The number of seconds taken by the oil to flow up to the 50 c.c. mark on the flask is noted, and the results brought into comparison with the viscosity of rape oil, that being the oil with which the apparatus is standardised. 1926 [see hydroxamic a.]. 1937 A. F. Hill Econ. Bot. ix. 218 Cold-pressed rape oil is also edible. |
| attrib. and Comb. 1766 Museum Rust. VI. 272 The uses, to which the rape-oil cakes are applied for the feeding of cattle. 1885 Census Instruct., Rape Oil Refiner, Maker. |