Webster's Dictionary 1828

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OILY

OIL'Y, adjective1. Consisting of oil; containing oil; having the qualities of oil; as oily matter or substance.2. Resembling oil; as an oily appearance.3. Fatty; greasy.

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OILY-GRAIN

OILY-GRAIN, noun A plant.

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OILY-PALM

OILY-PALM, noun A tree.

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OINT

OINT, verb transitive [Latin ungo, like joindre from jungo.]To anoint; to smear with an unctuous substance.They oint their naked limbs with mother'd oil.

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OINTED

OINT'ED, participle passive Anointed; smeared with an oily or greasy matter.

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OINTING

OINT'ING, participle present tense Anointing.

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OINTMENT

OINT'MENT, noun Unguent; any soft, unctuous substance or compound, used for smearing, particularly the body or a diseased part.

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OISANITE

OIS'ANITE, noun Pyramidical ore of titanium.

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OKE

OKE, noun An Egyptian and Turkish weight, equal to about two pounds and three quarters, English avoirdupois weight.

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OKER

OKER. [See Ocher.]

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OLATE

OLATE, verb transitive [Latin To lay waste, alone.]1. To deprive of inhabitants; to make desert. The earth was nearly desolated by the flood.2. To lay waste; to ruin; to ravage;...

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OLD

OLD, adjective1. Advanced far in years or life; having lived beyond the middle period, or rather towards the end of life, or towards the end of the ordinary term of living; appl...

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OLD-FASHIONED

OLD-FASH'IONED, adjective formed according to obsolete fashion or custom; as an old-fashioned dress.Old-fashioned men of wit.

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OLD-WIFE

OLD-WIFE, noun1. A contemptuous name for an old prating woman. 1 Timothy 4:1.2. A fish of the genus Labrus, and another of the genus Balistes.

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OLDEN

OLDEN, adjective Old; ancient. [Used in poetry.]

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OLDNESS

OLDNESS, noun1. Old age; an advanced state of life or existence; as the oldness of a man, of an elephant or a tree.2. The state of being old, or of a long continuance; as the ol...

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OLEAGINOUS

OLEAG'INOUS, adjective [Latin oleaginus, from oleum, oil.] Having the qualities of oil; oily; unctuous.

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OLEAGINOUSNESS

OLEAG'INOUSNESS, noun Oiliness.

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OLEANDER

OLEAN'DER, noun a plant of the genus Nerium the rose-bay or South sea rose; a beautiful shrub with flowers in clusters, of a fine purple color, but of an indifferent smell. The ...

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OLEASTER

OLEAS'TER, noun [Latin from olea, the olive tree.]A plant of the genus Elaeagnus; the wild olive.

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OLEATE

O'LEATE, noun A compound of oleic acid with a salifiable base.

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OLEFIANT

OLEF'IANT, adjective [Latin oleo, olfacio.] olefiant gas is a compound of one prime of carbon and one of hydrogen, called by Ure carbureted hydrogen, to distinguish it from the ...

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OLEIC

O'LEIC, adjective [from oil.] The oleic acid is obtained from a soap made by digesting hog's lard in potash lye.

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OLEOSACCHARUM

OLEOSAC'CHARUM, noun A mixture of oil and sugar.

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OLEOSE

O'LEOSE,O'LEOUS, adjective [Latin olcosus.] Oily. [Little used.]

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OLEOUS

O'LEOUS, a. [L. olcosus.] Oily. [Little used.]

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OLERACEOUS

OLERA'CEOUS, adjective [Latin oleracceus, from olus, oleris, pot-herbs.]Pertaining to pot-herbs; of the nature or qualities of herbs for cookery.