Meanings
plural rape oils
- uncountableusuallySynonym of rapeseed oil.
Rape-Oil is sweet, and on the contrary the Linseed bitter.
1712, Pierre Pomet, A Compleat History of Druggs, page 102 more examples
Rape oyle that is used in Lampes and therefore called Lampe Oyle.
1640, John Parkinson, Theatrum botanicum: the theater of plants, or an herball of a large extent, page 861The 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.
1913, Vivian Byam Lewes, Oil Fuel, page 177Synonyms: rapeseed oil
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of rapeseed oil.
More synonyms by meaning
nounedible light yellow to brown oil from rapeseed used also as a lubricant or illuminant
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Origin
- Middle Englishrape oyle
- Middle Englishrape oyle
- Englishrape oil
Inherited from Middle English rape oyle.
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