Perhaps the definition in English has changed over the past 150 years, but currently “virgin oil” refers to cold pressed oil - pressed out by mechanical means only. That modern definition is at variance with the LSJ definition.
Perhaps the definition in English has changed over the past 150 years, but currently “virgin oil” refers to cold pressed oil - pressed out by mechanical means only. That modern definition is at variance with the LSJ definition.
See pages 133-135 here: https://books.google.com/books?id=bsgpAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA133
Also here: https://books.google.com/books?id=8sooAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA446
Neither of those open here, could you pls give me a few key words from the title.
View of the Commerce of Greece Formed After an Annual Average, From 1787 to 1797
Ures Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: A-Z; Vol. III
Here are the relevant sections. If you want more context, let me know and I will upload the PDFs to archive.org.
http://i.imgur.com/Fa3lJ5S.png
http://i.imgur.com/XoDJdhb.png
http://i.imgur.com/AhtPTFd.png
Thanks for those. They both answer and contextualise what I was wondering about.