Noun: bone oil bown oyl
- The liquid portion of bone fat; used as a lubricant and in leather manufacture
"Bone oil was applied to soften the leather"
- Dark-coloured ill-smelling oil obtained by carbonizing bone; used especially in sheep dips and in denaturing alcohol
"Bone oil was historically used as an insecticide in agriculture";
- Dippel's oil
Type of: animal oil
Part of: bone fat
Encyclopedia: Bone oil