codliver

noun

1. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable)Alternative form of cod liver.

   “2. Fixed oils and fats. The oils of olives, poppy seed, almonds, castor beans, codlivers, rapeseed, neats foot, euphorbia lathyrus, croton tiglium, lard, tallow, palm nuts, cocoanuts, spermaceti, and probably all the fixed fats, dissolve readily, and in all proportions in chloroform.”

   “The outskirts of the towns were characterised by immense cauldrons, in which codlivers are boiled for the European market, and suggested by their magnitude, on the one hand, the amelioration of insidious disease to thousands, and, on the other, the importance of this branch of industry and the dangers encountered fearlessly in earning a livelihood by the cod-fishers.”

   “He states on the authority of Professor Almén, who has devoted many years to the analysis and study of the different kinds of codliver oil of commerce, that a nearly white oil may be made by heating fresh codlivers, previously cleaned and washed, in well-tinned kettles by steam, decanting the exuding oil, straining it and exposing it to a low temperature; […]”

   “PROCESS OF AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING CONCENTRATED EXTRACT OF CODLIVERS. James W. Stairs and John Craig, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Filed February 13, 1886. Issued November, 23, 1886.”