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[skilgr.] oils of the drying and semi-drying types extracted from all parts of the body of fish (fish liver oils from the liver only); they are extracted mainly from fatty fish, such as herring, where the oil content is mainly in the body and not in the liver: may also be extracted from fish waste. Fish oils are used in the manufacture of edible fats, soaps and paints, for leather dressing and linoleum manufacture, also fish stearin.
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