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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Oleic  \O"le*ic\,  a.  [L.  oleum  oil:  cf  F.  ol['e]ique.] 
  (Physiol.Chem.) 
  Pertaining  to  derived  from  or  contained  in  oil;  as  oleic 
  acid,  an  acid  of  the  acrylic  acid  series  found  combined  with 
  glyceryl  in  the  form  of  olein  in  certain  animal  and  vegetable 
  fats  and  oils,  such  as  sperm  oil,  olive  oil,  etc  At  low 
  temperatures  the  acid  is  crystalline,  but  melts  to  an  oily 
  liquid  above  14?  C. 

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