lamp-oil
English
Noun
lamp-oil (countable and uncountable, plural lamp-oils)
- Any clean-burning oil used as fuel in an oil lamp.
- 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, H.L. Brækstad, transl., Folk and Fairy Tales, page 184:
- He was much pleased at the prospect of the oil he would get from him, turned the heavy creature from one side to the other, fondled him like a baby, and assured me he was a "stunning fat sea-cub," which should be welcomed at home for boot-grease and lamp-oil.