Look up: Macassar oil


  1. Macassar oil
    Ma·cas`sar oil' 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.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/1

  2. Macassar oil
    • 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.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/macassar_oil/

  3. Macassar Oil
    Macassar oil is a kind of oil that was formerly used in dressing the hair. It was so called because it was originally obtained from Macassar, a district of the Island of Celebes. The term is also applied to an imitation of the real oil made of perfumed castor oil and olive oil.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/AM.HTM

  4. Macassar oil
    Macassar oil is a compounded oil used primarily by men in Victorian and Edwardian times as a hair conditioner to groom and style the hair. Macassar oil is often made with coconut oil or palm oil or that of Schleichera trijuga, combined with ylang-ylang oil (obtained by processing the flowers of the...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macassar_oil

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