GROUP XXVII

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GROUP XXVII . Neutral Fats.This includes cod-

liver

LIVER (O. Eng. lifer; cf. cognate forms, Dutch
lever
- LEVER (through O. Fr. leveour, levere, mod. levier, from Lat. levare, to lift, raise)
- LEVER, CHARLES JAMES (1806-1872)
, Ger. Leber, Swed. lefver, &c.; the O. H. Ger. forms are libara, lipora, &c.; the Teut. word has been connected with Gr. i'prap and Lat. jecur)

oil,

almond

ALMOND (from the O. Fr. almande or alemande, late Lat. amandola, derived through a form amingdola from the Gr. l uybian, an almond; the al- for a- is probably due to a confusion with the Arabic article al, the word having first dropped the a- as in the It

oil,

olive

OLIVE (Olea europaea)

oil,

lard

LARD (Fr. lard, from Lat. laridum, bacon fat, related to Gr. Naptvos fat, Napos dainty or sweet)

, &c., all of which act as foods when taken internally, and have a merely

physical

PHYSICAL

emollient action when applied externally. Lanolin,

linseed

LINSEED

oil, wax,

spermaceti

SPERMACETI (from Lat. sperma, seed, and cetus, a ' whale)

, &c., also belong to this

group

GROUP

. The paraffins, glycerin and vaseline, although not fats, have much the same effect when applied externally, but they are not nutritive.

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