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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 co...
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▪ I. † rape, n.1 Obs. Also 3 rap. [Related to rape v.1] Haste, speed, hurry; chiefly in phrases to have rape and in rape.a 1300 K. Horn 1532 Horn him wok of slape, So a man þat hadde rape. c 1330 Arth. & Merl. 2368 (Kölbing), He stirt vp al in rape. Ibid. 4850 Fleand oway with gret rape. c 1374 Chau...
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