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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
.]