Vaseline

Raffles smeared vaseline upon the plated parts of his Beeston Humber before starting, and our dear landlady cosseted us both, and prayed we might see nothing of the nasty burglars, not denying as the reward would be very handy to them that got it, to say nothing of the honor and glory.

Some marathons provide Vaseline, Band-Aids, and even masseurs.

To reduce input to other senses, she temporarily blocked the animals' ears with Vaseline and turned out the lights.

Cottonballs and Vaseline. Get a handful of cottonballs (20 or so), ensuring that they are 100 percent cotton and not synthetic.

GENE MAUCH, on the induction of Gaylord Perry, the king of the spitballers, to the Hall of Fame: "I cried when I saw the tube of Vaseline attached to his plaque."

There were scattered lipsticks, chamber pots, an old jar of Vaseline. There was a bed sinking through the floorboards, a 1911 vibrator, a 1930s postcard encouraging safe sex.

Vaseline petroleum jelly or Plastibase even without steroids make good topical therapies for contact dermatitis of the hands, she said.

The US$48 billion (1998 sales) Anglo-Dutch consumer products firm, whose brands include Lipton, Vaseline and Dove, was reorganizing global operations into 12 business categories with a heavy-duty emphasis on emerging markets.

They then donned equipment to simulate their ailments, such as dark glasses coated with Vaseline to imitate blindness.

Linda Hamilton to use Vaseline to keep her hair in place.

Bath and baby oils, and even Vaseline, effectively solve generalized pruritis problems and are far preferable to alcohol-based products that dry the skin or prescription medications.

I was relaxing in the pitcher's mitt when I noticed a smear of Vaseline under his cap.