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Definition of oil

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Oil (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..

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Smut :: Smut (v. t.) Foul matter, like soot or coal dust; also, a spot or soil made by such matter..

Decoction :: Decoction (n.) The act or process of boiling anything in a watery fluid to extract its virtues.

Xylitone :: Xylitone (n.) A yellow oil having a geraniumlike odor, produced as a side product in making phorone; -- called also xylite oil..

Nipple :: Nipple (n.) The orifice at which any animal liquid, as the oil from an oil bag, is discharged..

Stain :: Stain (v. t.) To spot with guilt or infamy; to bring reproach on; to blot; to soil; to tarnish.

Estuary :: Estuary (n.) A place where water boils up; a spring that wells forth.

Scarifier :: Scarifier (n.) An implement for stripping and loosening the soil, without bringing up a fresh surface..

Blot :: Blot (v. t.) To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.

Oiled :: Oiled (imp. & p. p.) of Oi.

Gruel :: Gruel (n.) A light, liquid food, made by boiling meal of maize, oatmeal, or fiour in water or milk; thin porridge..

Neroli :: Neroli (n.) An essential oil obtained by distillation from the flowers of the orange. It has a strong odor, and is used in perfumery, etc..

Droyle :: Droyle (v. i.) See Droil.

Fat :: Fat (superl.) Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich; -- said of food.

Sardine :: Sardine (n.) Any one of several small species of herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil for food, especially the pilchard, or European sardine (Clupea pilchardus). The California sardine (Clupea sagax) is similar. The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the common herring and of the menhaden..

Arenarious :: Arenarious (a.) Sandy; as, arenarious soil..

Platinoid :: Platinoid (n.) An alloy of German silver containing tungsten; -- used for forming electrical resistance coils and standards.

Vanilla :: Vanilla (n.) The long podlike capsules of Vanilla planifolia, and V. claviculata, remarkable for their delicate and agreeable odor, for the volatile, odoriferous oil extracted from them; also, the flavoring extract made from the capsules, extensively used in confectionery, perfumery, etc..

Suppurate :: Suppurate (v. i.) To generate pus; as, a boil or abscess suppurates..

Sullies :: Sully (v. i.) To become soiled or tarnished.

Eugenin :: Eugenin (n.) A colorless, crystalline substance extracted from oil of cloves; -- called also clove camphor..