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Margarin [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

M'ARGARIN

Margarin [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A peculiar pearl-like substance, extracted from hog's lard; called also margarite and margaric acid.

Margarin [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A fatty substance, extracted from animal fats and certain vegetable oils, formerly supposed to be a definite compound of glycerin and margaric acid, but now known to be simply a mixture or combination of tristearin and teipalmitin.