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white oil

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white oil [′wīt ‚ȯil]
(materials)
Any of various highly refined, colorless hydrocarbon oils of low volatility and a wide range of viscosities; used for lubrication of food and textile machinery and as medicinal and mineral oils. Also known as technical white oil.


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Bare wooden floors are often treated with a few coats of white oil, or even a solution of lye, which bleaches the colour out of the wood.
Bare wooden floors are often treated with a few coats of white oil, or even a solution of lye, which bleaches the colour out of the wood.
 
 
 
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