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

No. On all bearings the same oil, but on mainspring a rock oil.

From Friction, Lubrication and the Lubricants in Horology by Lewis, William T.

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

From Ulysses by Joyce, James

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

From Ulysses by Joyce, James

The gold mines of California and of Australia are too well known to require mention; but we must not forget the rock oil, concealed for ages in the North American continent.

From The Mines and its Wonders by Kingston, William Henry Giles