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Macassar Encyclopedia Britannica

MACASSAR. See Celebes, vol. v. p. 288.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 15, p. 125
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Macassar oil Webster's Dictionary 1913

A kind of oil formerly used in dressing the hair; -- so called because originally obtained from Macassar, a district of the Island of Celebes. Also, an imitation of the same, of perfumed castor oil and olive oil.