Carron-oil
a liniment containing limewater and linseed oil, used in medicine chiefly for burns.
Historical Examples
carron-oil, kar′on-oil, n. a liniment composed of linseed-oil and lime-water.
Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) Various
noun
an ointment of limewater and linseed oil, formerly used to treat burns
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