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oil⋅er

  [oi-ler]
–noun
1. a person or thing that oils.
2. a worker employed to oil machinery.
3. any of several devices, other than pressure devices, for feeding lubricating oil to a bearing.
4. an oilcan.
5. Often, oilers. an oilskin garment, esp. a coat.
6. a ship using oil as fuel.
7. oil tanker.
8. an oil well.
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Origin:
1545–55; oil + -er 1
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oil

  [oil]
–noun
1. any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
2. a substance of this or similar consistency.
3. refined or crude petroleum.
4. Painting.
a. oil color.
b. oil painting.
5. Informal. unctuous hypocrisy; flattery.
6. an oilskin garment.
7. Australian and New Zealand Slang. facts or news; information: good oil.
–verb (used with object)
8. to smear, lubricate, or supply with oil.
9. to bribe.
10. to make unctuous or smooth: to oil his words.
11. to convert into oil by melting, as butter.
–adjective
12. pertaining to or resembling oil.
13. using oil, esp. as a fuel: an oil furnace.
14. concerned with the production or use of oil: an offshore oil rig.
15. made with oil.
16. obtained from oil.
—Idioms
17. pour oil on troubled waters, to attempt to calm a difficult or tense situation, as an argument.
18. strike oil,
a. to discover oil, esp. to bring in a well.
b. to have good luck, esp. financially; make an important and valuable discovery: They struck oil only after years of market research.
Origin:
1125–75; ME olie, oile < OF < L oleum, olīvum (olive) oil < *oleivum (cf. Deus ) < dial. Gk *élaiwon (Attic élaion), deriv. of *elaíwā olive

Related forms:
oilless, adjective
oil⋅less⋅ness, noun
oillike, adjective
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oil·can   (oil'kān')   
n.  A can for oil, especially a can with a spout constructed to release oil drop by drop, as for lubricating machinery. Also called oiler.
oil·er   (oi'lər)   
n.  

  1. One that oils engines or machinery.

  2. Nautical

    1. An oil tanker.

    2. A ship that burns oil as fuel.

  3. See oilcan.

  4. See oil well.

  5. Informal An oilskin garment.

oil well  
n.  A hole drilled or dug in the earth from which petroleum flows or is pumped. Also called oiler.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

oil 
c.1175, "olive oil," from Anglo-Fr. and O.N.Fr. olie, from O.Fr. oile (12c., Mod.Fr. huile), from L. oleum "oil, olive oil" (cf. Sp., It. olio), from Gk. elaion "olive tree," from elaia (see olive). O.E. æle, Du. olie, Ger. Öl, etc. all are from Latin. It meant "olive oil" exclusively till c.1300, when meaning began to be extended to any fatty, greasy substance. Use for "petroleum" first recorded 1526, but not common until 19c. The verb is c.1440, replacing O.E. besmyrian. The artist's oils (1663), short for oil-colour (1539), are paints made by grinding pigment in oil.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: oil
Pronunciation: 'oi(&)l
Function: noun
1 : any of numerous unctuous combustible substances that are liquid or can be liquefiedeasily on warming, are soluble in ether but not in water, and leave a greasy stain on paper or cloth —see ESSENTIALOIL, FATTY OIL, VOLATILE OIL
2 : a substance (as a cosmetic preparation) of oily consistency oil> —oil adjective
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oil (oil)
n.
Any of numerous mineral, vegetable, and synthetic substances and animal and vegetable fats that are generally slippery, combustible, viscous, liquid or liquefiable at room temperatures, soluble in various organic solvents such as ether but not in water, and used in a great variety of products, especially lubricants and fuels.

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Science Dictionary
oil   (oil)  Pronunciation Key 
Any of a large class of viscous liquids that are typically very slippery and greasy. Oils are composed mostly of glycerides. They are flammable, do not mix with water, and include animal and vegetable fats as well as substances of mineral or synthetic origin. They are used in food, soap, and candles, and make good lubricants and fuels. See essential oil, mineral oil, petroleum.
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