lanolin

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English

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Tins of wool fat (lanolin) at the Centre touristique de la Laine et de la Mode in Verviers, Belgium

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Etymology

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Former trademark (1885-1902), from lana (wool) + oleum (oil) + -in

Noun

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lanolin (usually uncountable, plural lanolins)

  1. A greasy yellow substance chemically akin to wax that is secreted from wooly animals, with a variety of uses from rust prevention, lubrication and waterproofing to cosmetics and skin ointments.
    • 2009, Sarah Waters, The Little Stranger, Virago Press (2018), pages 138-139:
      She was sitting cross-legged on the floor with a tray of leather-bound books in front of her; she was rubbing lanolin into their covers [] ‘Look at these lovely old editions,’ she said, showing me a couple of small tan books, their bindings still glossy and moist from the lanolin, like newly exposed conkers.

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Verb

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lanolin (third-person singular simple present lanolins, present participle lanolining, simple past and past participle lanolined)

  1. (transitive) To treat with lanolin.