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petroleum [ML < CL petra+oleum] , mineral oil that issues from rocks. 1198 pro j uncia de ~oleo xij sol. RScacNorm II 303; ~oleon inunge Gilb. V. 230. 2; ~oleum Bacon Maj. II 217; ex oleo ~oleo Id. NM 536; 1439 ~olii, ~oleum Alph. 139 (v. oleum 2c); nec ~olium citrinum nec purum balsamum Bacon IX 153; in gutta innodata et indurata valet ~oleum Gad. 39v. 2; ~aleum, i. olivum quod resudit de petra SB 33; oleum de petra, ~oleum, A. oyle of stone MS BL Add. 27582 f. 65v.

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