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paraffine

noun, verb — 2 senses

paraffine

noun
1

Dated Dated form of paraffin.

  • He cleared out the coals from under the staircase, built a neat fire of firewood and paper there, he splashed about paraffine and arranged the lamps and can even as he had designed, and made a fine inflammable pile of things in the little parlour behind the shop.1909, H. G. Wells, chapter 8, in The History of Mr Polly, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, page 214:

paraffine

verb
1

Dated Dated form of paraffin.

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