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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.]