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Webster 1913 Edition
Vaseline
Vas′e-line
,Noun.
[Said by the manufacturer to be derived from G.
wasser
water + Gr. ἔλαιον
olive oil.] A yellowish translucent substance, almost odorless and tasteless, obtained as a residue in the purification of crude petroleum, and consisting essentially of a mixture of several of the higher members of the paraffin series. It is used as an unguent, and for various purposes in the arts. See the Note under
Petrolatum
. [Written also
vaselin
.] Definition 2024
Vaseline
vaseline
vaseline
See also: Vaseline
English
Noun
vaseline (countable and uncountable, plural vaselines)
- Petroleum jelly.
- 1930, Aldous Huxley, Brief Candles:
- Hearts of putty, hearts of vaseline...
- 1930, Aldous Huxley, Brief Candles:
- Any particular kind of petroleum jelly or of any similar lubricant.
- 1882, Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry:
- A Russian vaseline has been lately added to the many kinds of vaseline found in […]
- 1882, Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry:
- A greenish-yellow coloured glass, or the colouring used in the manufacture of this glass.
Translations
a type of lubricant
Synonyms
- E905b when used as a food additive
Verb
vaseline (third-person singular simple present vaselines, present participle vaselining, simple past and past participle vaselined)
- To lubricate with vaseline.
- "Even at this late date, vaselining will preserve the best of these leathers."