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countable and uncountable, plural paraffines
Dated form of paraffin. quotations examples
He cleared out the coals from under the staircase, built a neat fire of firewood and paper there, he splashed about paraffine and arranged the lamps and can even as he had designed, and made a fine inflammable pile of things in the little parlour behind the shop.
1909, H. G. Wells, chapter 8, in The History of Mr Polly, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, page 214
third-person singular simple present paraffines, present participle paraffining, simple past and past participle paraffined
Dated form of paraffin. examples