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Cosmoline
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) A substance obtained from the residues of the distillation of petroleum, essentially the same as vaseline, but of somewhat stiffer consistency, and consisting of a mixture of the higher paraffines; a kind of petroleum jelly.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Cosmoline'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/cosmoline.html. 1828.