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- noun Alternative spelling of
kerosene .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
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Examples
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This can be overcome by adding a small amount of an illuminant such as kerosine, vegetable oil, or animal fat.
1 Production and Use 1983
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Also good is the scene at around 1: 10 where they throw a bucket of kerosine over the monster and the woman behind him.
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The mood in Haiti today reminds one of the wanly flickering orange glow of the kerosine lamps that Haiti's market women - known as ti machann - use to illuminate their wares as they work late into the night.
Michael Deibert: Notes from Haiti's Long Hot Summer Michael Deibert 2011
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The mood in Haiti today reminds one of the wanly flickering orange glow of the kerosine lamps that Haiti's market women - known as ti machann - use to illuminate their wares as they work late into the night.
Michael Deibert: Notes from Haiti's Long Hot Summer Michael Deibert 2011
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Example, Mantles and wicks for old kerosine and gas lamps.
Page 2 2009
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I made it back to my loft, safely, and I lit my kerosine lamp which made my room glow pleasantly.
Black Mind Ivan R. 2011
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Example, Mantles and wicks for old kerosine and gas lamps.
Page 2 2009
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Example, Mantles and wicks for old kerosine and gas lamps.
Page 2 2009
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Example, Mantles and wicks for old kerosine and gas lamps.
Page 2 2009
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Example, Mantles and wicks for old kerosine and gas lamps.
Page 2 2009
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