DCHP-3

pale oil

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the highest quality of oil rendered from seal blubber.

Quotations

1832
The first that runs off the seal blubber is the virgin, or pale oil, and the last the brown oil.
1966
The resultant oil, classified according to colour and quality as "pale oil," "straw oil," and "dark oil," sells for an average of about 50 cents per gallon.