Oleate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An ester or a salt of oleic acid.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. any salt or ester of oleic acid
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A salt of oleic acid. Some oleates, as the oleate of mercury, are used in medicine by way of inunction.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A salt of oleic acid.
  • n. In medicine, a salve prepared by triturating a metal oxid or an alkaloid with oleic acid, which is generally used in excess. It is a solution of the salt in the excess of acid.
    • Word Usage
    "As the boys began eagerly ruining our towels in their attempt to de-oleate the dog, I casually picked up what he'd dropped at my wife's feet, hoping to recover a really swell skipping stone."
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