'Macassar oil' definitions:

Definition of 'Macassar oil'

From: GCIDE

Macassar oil \Ma*cas`sar oil"\n. A kind of oil formerly used in dressing the hair; -- so called because originally obtained from Macassar, a district of the Island of Celebes. Also, an imitation of the same, of perfumed castor oil and olive oil. Cf. antimacassar. [1913 Webster]