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  • noun A substance prepared from animal fat with some other ingredients intermixed, as an imitation of butter.

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  • noun A substance prepared from animal fat with some other ingredients intermixed, as an imitation of butter.

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Examples

  • It is surprising to discover that by 1902, the term butterine was still in use by many manufactures whereas a pound of real butter sold from 20 to 25 cents, Butterine was available for 15 to 18 cents a pound.

    Fooling Around with Fatty Acids ~~louise~~ 2008

  • It is surprising to discover that by 1902, the term butterine was still in use by many manufactures whereas a pound of real butter sold from 20 to 25 cents, Butterine was available for 15 to 18 cents a pound.

    Archive 2008-07-01 ~~louise~~ 2008

  • These are all made from animal fat, chiefly that of beef, and are known as butterine, oleomargarine, and by other trade names.

    A Practical Physiology Albert F. Blaisdell

  • Many margarine companies continued to call themselves "butterine" companies.

    Fooling Around with Fatty Acids ~~louise~~ 2008

  • Many margarine companies continued to call themselves "butterine" companies.

    Archive 2008-07-01 ~~louise~~ 2008

  • There are numbers of substitutes for these, such as butterine, oleomargarine and "lard compounds."

    The Story of Crisco Marion Harris Neil

  • Butter producers objected and by virtue of the Margarine Act of 1886, the term margarine became the official "legal" term rather than butterine.

    Fooling Around with Fatty Acids ~~louise~~ 2008

  • Men drove spades into the butterine which was 40 percent oleo oil, some cotton-seed oil, and questionably the rest was milk.

    Archive 2008-07-01 ~~louise~~ 2008

  • Men drove spades into the butterine which was 40 percent oleo oil, some cotton-seed oil, and questionably the rest was milk.

    Fooling Around with Fatty Acids ~~louise~~ 2008

  • As a matter of fact, when margarine was first introduced in England, it was called butterine.

    Fooling Around with Fatty Acids ~~louise~~ 2008

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