Carron oilとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

Carron oil ‎(uncountable)

1. A lotion of linseed oil and limewater, applied to burns and scalds.
   • 1884, Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts, London & Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, October 11, 1884, p. 656, [1]

     Carron oil—so called from the famous Carron ironworks, where it is extensively used—not only lessens the immediate pain, but covers the part with a film which effectually shuts out the air and prevents the skin getting dry.

     This Carron oil […] consists of equal parts of olive oil and lime-water. Olive oil, or salad or Lucca oil, is the oil best suited for the purpose; but if not easily obtainable, linseed oil answers the purpose very well.

   • 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1943, Chapter IX, p. 148, [2]

     Then Mrs. McLash, with woman's wisdom, came rushing from her bedroom with cotton-wool and bandages and iodine and chlorodyne and carron-oil.