ASPICOil of Aspic, vulgarly called Oil of Spike,is an inflammable Oil drawn from the Leaves and Flowers of a Plant frequent in the Southern Parts of France, resembling Lavender, and by the Botanists called Lavandula Mas. See ORN. It is much used by Painters and Farriers; and sometimes also in Medicine.—The true Oil of Aspic, is of a white Colour, and an aromatic Taste; and is held the only Thing capable of dissolving Sandarach: By which it is easily distinguished from the Counterfeit, which is only Oil of Turpentine mixed with a little Petrol.
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- Written by: Ephraïm Chambers
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