Oil"er*y (?), n. [Cf.F. huilerie.] The business, the place of business,
or the goods, of a maker of, or dealer in, oils.
Oil"i*ness (?), n. The quality of being oily. Bacon.
Oil"let (?), n. [See Eyelet.] (Arch.) (a) A small opening or loophole,
sometimes circular, used in mediæval fortifications. (b) A small
circular opening, and ring of moldings surrounding it, used in window
tracery in Gothic architecture. [Written also oylet.]
Oil"man (?), n.; pl. Oilmen (&?;). One who deals in oils; formerly, one
who dealt in oils and pickles.
Oil"nut` (?), n. (Bot.) The buffalo nut. See Buffalo nut, under
Buffalo.
The name is also applied to various nuts and seeds yielding oil, as the
butternut, cocoanut, oil-palm nut.
Oil"seed` (?), n. (Bot.) (a) Seed from which oil is expressed, as the
castor bean; also, the plant yielding such seed. See Castor bean. (b) A
cruciferous herb (Camelina sativa). (c) The sesame.
Oil"skin` (?), n. Cloth made waterproof by oil.
Oil"stone` (?), n. A variety of hone slate, or whetstone, used for
whetting tools when lubricated with oil.
Oil"y (?), a. [Compar. Oilier (?); superl. Oiliest.] 1. Consisting of
oil; containing oil; having the nature or qualities of oil; unctuous;
oleaginous; as, oily matter or substance. Bacon.
2. Covered with oil; greasy; hence, resembling oil; as, an oily
appearance.
3. Smoothly subservient; supple; compliant; plausible; insinuating.
"This oily rascal." Shak.
His oily compliance in all alterations.
Fuller.
Oily grain (Bot.), the sesame. - - Oily palm, the oil palm.
Oi"ne*ment (?), n. Ointment. [Obs.] Chaucer.
||Oi`no*ma"ni*a (?), n. See œnomania.
Oint (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ointed; p. pr & vb. n. Ointing.] [F.
oint, p. p. of oindre, L. ungere. See Anoint, Ointment.] To anoint.
[Obs.] Dryden.
Oint"ment (?), n. [OE. oinement, OF. oignement, fr.F. oindre to anoint,
L. ungere, unguere; akin to Skr. a&?;j, and to G. anke (in Switzerland)
butter. The first t in the E. word is due to the influence of anoint.
Cf. Anoint, Unguent.] That which serves to anoint; any soft unctuous
substance used for smearing or anointing; an unguent.
O*jib"ways (?), n. pl.; sing. Ojibway. (Ethnol.) Same as Chippeways.
||O"jo (?), n. [Sp., prop., an eye.] A spring, surrounded by rushes or
||rank grass; an oasis. [Southwestern U.S.] Bartlett.
Oke (?), n. [Turk. okkah, fr. Ar. kyah, wakyah, prob. fr. Gr. &?;, &?;,
an ounce, fr. L. uncia. Cf. Ounce a weight.]