train oil

whale oil, or, formerly, oil from seals, codfish, etc.

Origin: earlier trane < MDu traen, akin to Ger träne, a tear: basic sense “exuded oil”

See train oil in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Oil obtained from the blubber of a whale or other marine animal.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English trane

Origin: , from Middle Dutch, tear, drop, train oil; see dakru- in Indo-European roots

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