train oil lamps

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1974
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/74860

train 2 n Cod-liver oil was second only to stockfish as an important product of the Hanseatic league. The product was dark-colored and evil-smelling and was used not only by tanners but also in oil lamps. It was called "train oil," said to be a corruption of the term, "_tran_ oil," from the Germanic word _tranen_ (tears). This was in reference to the "tears" of oil that dripped from the rotting livers. The train oil lamps were black iron trays with a wick hanging out of each corner; they gave/out only a pale light, smoked badly, and must have smelled abominably. PRINTED ITEM G.M. Story DEC 1974 JH DEC 1974 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not used traine, trayne, train-oil, train bucket, train-fat, train house, train-oil lamp, train vat, oil house. cod oil, oil Duplicate card at T_15006. "tran" and "tranen" both have a trema above the "a".