rock oil

Example Sentences

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But by fracking the rock, oil flowed from the shale.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2014

Petroleum, or rock oil, is a dark greenish brown liquid which when refined yields gasolene, naphtha, benzine, kerosene, lubricating oils, and paraffin.

From Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation by Gregory, Mary Huston

Girl in Tranquilla convent that nun told me liked to smell rock oil.

From Ulysses by Joyce, James

There are likewise springs of rock oil or bitumen.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 02 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

I was hidden in cheap pink paper that smelt of rock oil.

From Ulysses by Joyce, James