Paraffin
['pærəfɪn]
Definition
(noun.) (British usage) kerosine.
(noun.) from crude petroleum; used for candles and for preservative or waterproof coatings.
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Definition
(n.) Alt. of Paraffine
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Definition
n. a white transparent crystalline substance obtained from shale coal-tar &c. much used instead of wax tallow &c. in making candles—so named as having little affinity—for an alkali—also Par′affine.—v.t. to coat or impregnate with paraffin.—ns. Par′affin-oil any of the mineral burning oils associated with the manufacture of paraffin; Par′affin-scale unrefined paraffin.
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Examples
- If a strip of glass, rubber, mica, or paraffin is introduced anywhere in a circuit, the current ceases. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- I also invented devices for and introduced paraffin paper, now used universally for wrapping up candy, etc. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Later, pure white paraffin wax, variously flavored, took its place, but only in its turn to give way to the chicle now almost exclusively employed. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The candles which decorate our tea tables are of wax, while those which serve for general use are of paraffin and tallow. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
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