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   Margarine (märˈjŭ‑rĭn; märˌjŭ‑rēnˈ), n. [F.; see margarin.]
   1. A processed food product used as an inexpensive substitute for butter, made primarily from refined vegetable oils, sometimes including animal fats, and churned with skim milk to form a semisolid emulsion; also called oleomargarine; artificial butter.
   
   [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
   
   The word margarine shall mean all substances, whether compounds or otherwise, prepared in imitation of butter, and whether mixed with butter or not.  Margarine Act, 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. c. 29).
   
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
   
   
   2.  Margarin.
   
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]