BEE'CH-OIL, noun [beech and oil.] Oil expressed from the mast or nuts of the beech-tree. It is used in Picardy, and in other parts of France, instead of butter; but is said to occasion heaviness and pains in the stomach.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.