Oil
[ɒɪl] or [ɔɪl]
Definition
(noun.) oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist.
(noun.) a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
(verb.) cover with oil, as if by rubbing; 'oil the wooden surface'.
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Definition
(n.) Any one of a great variety of unctuous combustible substances, not miscible with water; as, olive oil, whale oil, rock oil, etc. They are of animal, vegetable, or mineral origin and of varied composition, and they are variously used for food, for solvents, for anointing, lubrication, illumination, etc. By extension, any substance of an oily consistency; as, oil of vitriol.
(v. t.) To smear or rub over with oil; to lubricate with oil; to anoint with oil.
Checker: Melanie
Definition
n. the juice from the fruit of the olive-tree: any greasy liquid.—v.t. to smear or anoint with oil.—ns. Oil′bag a bag or cyst in animals containing oil; Oil′cake a cake made of flax seed from which the oil has been pressed out; Oil′cloth a painted floorcloth; Oil′-col′our a colouring substance mixed with oil; Oil′er one who or that which oils: an oil-can: (coll.) a coat of oilskin; Oil′ery the commodities of an oil-man; Oil′-gas illuminating gas or heating gas made by distilling oil in closed retorts; Oil′iness; Oil′-man one who deals in oils; Oil′-mill a grinding-mill for expressing oil from seeds nuts &c.; Oil′nut the butter-nut of North America; Oil′-paint′ing a picture painted in oil-colours: the art of painting in oil-colours; Oil′-palm a palm whose fruit-pulp yields palm-oil; Oil′-press a machine for expressing oils from seeds or pulp; Oil′skin cloth made waterproof by means of oil: a garment made of oilskin; Oil′-spring a spring whose water contains oily matter: a fissure or area from which petroleum &c. oozes; Oil′stone a fine-grained kind of stone used when wetted with oil for sharpening tools; Oil′-well a boring made for petroleum.—adj. Oil′y consisting of containing or having the qualities of oil: greasy.—Strike oil (see Strike).
Edited by Barbie
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of castor oil, denotes that you will seek to overthrow a friend who is secretly abetting your advancement.
To see linseed oil in your dreams, denotes your impetuous extravagance will be checked by the kindly interference of a friend.
To dream of anointing with oil, foretells events in which you will be the particular moving power. Quantities of oil, prognosticates excesses in pleasurable enterprises. For a man to dream that he deals in oil, denotes unsuccessful love making, as he will expect unusual concessions. For a woman to dream that she is anointed with oil, shows that she will be open to indiscreet advances.
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Examples
- They smelled cleanly of oil and grease. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Hence, provision was made for carrying a large stock of oil, and for giving a certain period of rest to that already used. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Commercial soaps are made from a great variety of substances, such as tallow, lard, castor oil, coconut oil, olive oil, etc. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- A dangerous but very extensively used illuminating liquid before coal oil was discovered was camphene, distilled from turpentine. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The following is a good one: Make a paste of gum tragacanth and add a little oil of wintergreen. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- A further process of paring and graining makes it ready for waxing or coloring, in which oil and lampblack are used on the flesh side. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- These discoveries, added to the long observed fact of coal oil floating on streams in Pennsylvania and elsewhere, led to the search for its natural source. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Grind the drugs to a moderately fine powder and mix them with the oils and gums. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Melt the petrolatum and wax together and add the tannin while cooling; add the oils and stir until cold. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- A great many persons are prejudiced against hair oils, but they have been used for ages, and will continue to be used. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Undoubtedly it was as good a thing as you could do; though I question if some other oils would not have been equally efficacious. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The utilising of oils in the manufacture of oilcloth and linoleum and rubber, has become of great commercial value. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- A solution of carmine can be added in with the oils, which will color it as desired. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Peppermint, spearmint and other oils used are triply distilled and absolutely free of all impurities. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Then he was looking through the thinning trees and he saw the oiled dark of the road below and beyond it the green slope of the hillside. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I sought the key of the side-door in the kitchen; I sought, too, a phial of oil and a feather; I oiled the key and the lock. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Sam was there new oiled from dinner, with an abundance of zealous and ready officiousness. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The electric light made high lights on the dull oiled leather. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He therefore planned a system by which the ten thousand bearings in the plant are oiled automatically; requiring the services of only two men for the entire work. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The mountainside sloped gently where he lay; but below it was steep and he could see the dark of the oiled road winding through the pass. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- After the hides are thoroughly dried they are then oiled and ironed by large rollers having several hundred pounds pressure. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Edison has strong convictions on the liberal use of lubricants, but argued that in the ordinary oiling of machinery there is great waste, while much dirt is conveyed into the bearings. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Oiling is also an important process in the manufacture of ropes from hard fibers, as Manila, Sisal and New Zealand. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I took it up, and it had solved the engine-oiling problem--and my walk to Lawrence like a tramp actor's was off! Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- While this system of oiling is not unique, it was the first instance of its adaptation on so large and complete a scale, and illustrates the far-sightedness of his plans. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- When once built, a windmill practically takes care of itself, except for oiling, and is an efficient and cheap domestic possession. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
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