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forgers were boiled to death in 1452 in Danzig and in 1471 in Stralsund. Even as late as 1687, a man in Bremen was boiled to death in oil for having been...

drying). In the Medieval era, linseed oil was boiled with lead oxide (litharge) to give a product called boiled linseed oil.[page needed] The lead oxide forms...

in a smoked container to impart its flavor. In Mongolia, ghee or "yellow oil" is widely consumed with traditional milk tea. Manteiga-da-terra, a Brazilian...

of oil paint and some varnishes. Some commonly used drying oils include linseed oil, tung oil, poppy seed oil, perilla oil, castor oil and walnut oil. The...

boiling oil, with those who refuse the task being found guilty. In the other, both the accused and the accuser have to retrieve an item from boiling oil...

volatile. Since the smoke point of oil is lower than its boiling point, the oil was only heated and not boiled. Pouring-oil was used in historic battles, and...

boiled linseed oil is used. This has been prepared beforehand by boiling with lead, in the form of lead oxide, or with manganese salts. Modern boiled...

tarragon. It also includes hard-boiled egg whites cut in a julienne. Classically, sauce gribiche may be served with boiled chicken, fish (hot or cold), calf's...

rocks, arrows, scalding water, hot sand, quicklime, or boiling oil, down on attackers. Boiling oil was rarely used because of its cost. Similar holes, called...

term and generic product name for any oil drying agent that can be mixed with drying oils such as boiled linseed oil and alkyd resin paints to speed up "drying"...

cloth with a coating of boiled linseed oil to make it waterproof. Boiled linseed oil was prepared by a long boiling of linseed oil with metal salts, originally...

There is a significant number of boiled beans in this painting. Dalí is quoted as saying the reason he included boiled beans was "one could not imagine...

Castor oil is a vegetable oil pressed from castor beans, the seeds of the plant Ricinus communis. The seeds are 40 to 60 percent oil. It is a colourless...

Hot oil may refer to: Chili oil, a condiment made from vegetable oil Boiling oil or hot oil, an early thermal weapon Oil produced in violation of production...

more modern versions but can be boiled in broth or roasted, then mashed with salt, garlic, broth, and cooking oil (olive oil, butter, and lard is typically...

having banned whaling, the sale and use of whale oil has practically ceased. Whale oil was obtained by boiling strips of blubber harvested from whales. The...

vegetables, boiled cod (bacallà a la catalana, bacallà amb patates) and comes in other varieties such as allioli de codony (allioli with boiled quince, not...

clinging to his narrow, flat head. He will gladly undertake to dump the boiling oil on the carol singers, but, generally, the family regards him as something...

A hard candy (American English), or boiled sweet (British English), is a sugar candy prepared from one or more sugar-based syrups that is heated to a temperature...

animals than on the mainland. The settlers also collected seal skins and boiled oil to supply the needs of the settlement. Since the end of the 17th century...